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Quaerereverum Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Subject verb agreement

Good morning,

Romantic artists believe that humans are by nature are kind but they act badly because living in a cities and materialism has changed their nature.

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quaerereverum Romantic artists believe that humans are by nature are kind but they act badly because living in a cities and materialism has changed their nature. Remove "a" before "cities". Otherwise, fine.

— CalifJim

  • quaerereverum Romantic artists believe that humans are by nature are kind but they act badly because living in a cities and materialism has changed their nature.
  • Remove "a" before "cities".
  • Otherwise, fine.
  • Living ...
  • has changed ...
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quaerereverumRomantic artists believe that humans are by nature are kind but they act badly because living in a cities and materialism has changed their nature.
Remove "a" before "cities". Otherwise, fine. Living ... has changed ... is correct.

CJ
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quaerereverumRomantic artists believe that humans are by nature are kind but they [ behave] act badly because living in a cities and materialism have changed their nature.
Hi,
Along CJ's comment, I believe you have one too many verb in the sentence. By the way, what is a "romantic artist"? I have never heard this term in
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dimsumexpressI believe you have one too many verbs in the sentence
Good catch. One of those "are"s has to go!
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Jim said: Living ... has changed ... is correct.
But it's "living in cities and materialism. . . " Shouldn't it be ". . . living in cities and materialism have changed their nature." ?
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khoffShouldn't it be ". . . living in cities and materialism have changed their nature."
Good catch.
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