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Nikola Radulovic Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Subject-Verb Agreement
We only have two pound of potatoes left? This is not/ Those are not enough? Is or are?
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We only have two pound s of potatoes left. Those are not enough would not be correct. You could say This is not enough , but I would use that or a relative clause ( …potatoes left, which is not enough ).
- We only have two pound s of potatoes left.
- Those are not enough would not be correct.
- You could say This is not enough , but I would use that or a relative clause ( …potatoes left, which is not enough ).
- I use the singular verb because I see two pounds as a singular unit rather than two individual pounds.
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We only have two pounds of potatoes left.
Those are not enough would not be correct. You could say This is not enough, but I would use that or a relative clause (…potatoes left, which is not enough). I use the singular verb because I see two pounds as a singular unit rather than two individual pounds.
Those are not enough would not be correct. You could say This is not enough, but I would use that or a relative clause (…potatoes left, which is not enough). I use the singular verb because I see two pounds as a singular unit rather than two individual pounds.
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