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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Subject-Verb Agreement
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"On second thought, either Brian or you are going to be the male lead in the play."
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"On second thought, either Brian or you is going to be the male lead in the play."
In this case when a subject is different, in terms of person, from another pronoun, doesn't the verb agree with the closer subject?
Please explain your answer. Thank you!
"On second thought, either Brian or you are going to be the male lead in the play."
OR
"On second thought, either Brian or you is going to be the male lead in the play."
In this case when a subject is different, in terms of person, from another pronoun, doesn't the verb agree with the closer subject?
Please explain your answer. Thank you!
Top answer
" Anonymous In this case when one noun of a compound subject with 'or ' is different, in terms of person, from another pronoun, doesn't the verb agree with the closer subject? Yes.
- " Anonymous In this case when one noun of a compound subject with 'or ' is different, in terms of person, from another pronoun, doesn't the verb agree with the closer subject?
- Yes.
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AnonymousOn second thought, either Brian or you are going to be the male lead in the play."
AnonymousIn this case when one noun of a compound subject with 'or' is different, in terms of person, from another pronoun, doesn't the verb agree with the closer subject?Yes.
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