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Musicgold Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Subject Verb Agreement

Hi All,

I am wondering which of the following two sentences is more appropriate. I modified the first sentence to make the second one. Also I would appreciate it if you can suggest a better way of saying that.

1. 'The hwyl, which is used by a Welsh minister during a sermon in order to project his voice.'

2. 'The hwyl, which is used by Welsh ministers during sermons in order to project their voices.'

Thanks,

MG.
  

Top answer

Hello Mg, welcome to English Forums! Unfortunately both versions lack a main verb, so are not quite sentences. Looking only at the relative clause, I would say that both were correct; but probably #2 would be more to the taste of most people.

— MrPedantic

  • Hello Mg, welcome to English Forums!
  • Unfortunately both versions lack a main verb, so are not quite sentences.
  • Looking only at the relative clause, I would say that both were correct; but probably #2 would be more to the taste of most people.
  • All the best, MrP
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Hello Mg, welcome to English Forums!

Unfortunately both versions lack a main verb, so are not quite sentences.

Looking only at the relative clause, I would say that both were correct; but probably #2 would be more to the taste of most people.

All the best,

MrP
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MrPedantic,



Thanks. My apologies for that error. Here are the actual sentences.

Are both the sentnences correct? Is the second sentence common English ( 'voices' sounds little different)?



1. The hwyl is commonly used by a Welsh ministers in a sermon to project his voice.

2. The hwyl is commonly used by W
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Both are fine [apart from the intrusive "s" in the first one].
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