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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Subject Verb Agreement

which is correct ...'Our Children's Education Matter' or 'Our Children's Education Matters' ?

  

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Anonymous Our Children's Education The underlined part is a noun phrase functioning as the subject of the sentence, and the head noun is 'education', which needs a singular verb-- 'matters'. 1) Education matter s . 2) Children's education matter s .

— Persian Learner

  • Anonymous Our Children's Education The underlined part is a noun phrase functioning as the subject of the sentence, and the head noun is 'education', which needs a singular verb-- 'matters'.
  • 1) Education matter s .
  • 2) Children's education matter s .
  • 3) Our children's education matter s .
  • So, you should always pay attention to the head noun , not the modifiers .
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AnonymousOur Children's Education

The underlined part is a noun phrase functioning as the subject of the sentence, and the head noun is 'education', which needs a singular verb-- 'matters'.


1) Education matters.

2) Children's education matters.

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