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Dave_amateur Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

subject verb agreement ^^

Please help to clarify. thanks alot peeps =]

1a) The good news she brings is encouraging. Yes, I am sure because news is always used with singular verbs.
The good news they brings/bring is/are encouraging.

1b) The laptops she bring/brings is/are very stylish.
The latptops they bring/brings is/are very stylish.

in the above, how do we determine whether the subjects are both news and laptops or 3rd persons (she and they)? or vice versa?
i believe they are both news and laptops?

2a) His spectacles are broken. Yes, i am sure because spectacles is always used with plural verbs.
His pair of spectacles is/are broken.

2b) His shorts is/are torn?
His pairs of shorts is/are torn?

Is both the pairs of short & spectacles considered as one noun or still plural.

3a) Music is where her talent lies. Yes i am sure this is correct.

3b) Music and writing is/are where her talent/talents lie/lies.

appreciate the help and clarification. thanks!
overall, is there any rude to abide in the abovementioned case? how to look out for subjects, so that my verbs are grammatically correct.
thanks for taking the time and effort!
  

Top answer

Hi, The news is encouraging. She brings it. The news she brings is encouraging.

  • Hi, The news is encouraging.
  • She brings it.
  • The news she brings is encouraging.
  • The laptops are stylish.
  • She brings them.
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Hi,
The news is encouraging. She brings it. The news she brings is encouraging.
The laptops are stylish. She brings them. The laptops she brings are very stylish.


I hope that will help you understand which subject goes with which verb.
As for the other questions, they might be a little tricky. I can only tell you what I would say, but consider I am not a native speake
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they bring news is

laptops are she brings

laptops are they bring

There's an "understood" which she brings. This relative clause takes the pronoun out of contention for subject of the sentence, since it is instead subject of "brings" in the clause. The clause modifies "news."

shorts are

pair is (one pair)

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AvangiKooyeen's "music and writing is" raises a thorny problem. I'm not sure of the solution.

Hi A
Is or are, depending on how you look at it. If the two things are considered one whole: is, if not: are.
CB
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thanks for the help from all 3 of you =]
It's much clearer to me now.

=]

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