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Abbas Rajabpour Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Subject verb agreement

For instance, driving and texting is a bad combination.

Why " is"?! shouldn't it be replaced by " are"?

  

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Why " is"?! shouldn't it be replaced by " are"? It can be viewed as a single combination.

  • Why " is"?!
  • shouldn't it be replaced by " are"?
  • It can be viewed as a single combination.
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Abbas Rajabpourdriving and texting is a bad combination.Why " is"?! shouldn't it be replaced by " are"?

It can be viewed as a single combination.

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Abbas Rajabpour! shouldn't it be replaced by " are"?

No. The subject is a single activity, more often phrased as: "texting while driving" or "driving while texting."

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