Subject verb agreement
Which of the below given sentence is correct? We have two children, one daughter and one son.
a) Both, my son and daughter are married.
b) Both, my son, as well as my daughter is married.
c) My son, as well as my daughter is married.
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unprlld a) Both [delete the comma] my son and daughter are married. b) Both [delete the comma] my son, as well as my daughter , is married. c) My son, as well as my daughter , is married.
- unprlld a) Both [delete the comma] my son and daughter are married.
- b) Both [delete the comma] my son, as well as my daughter , is married.
- c) My son, as well as my daughter , is married.
- Also, and best of all: d) My son and daughter are both married.
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unprllda) Both [delete the comma] my son and daughter are married.
b) Both [delete the comma] my son, as well as my daughter,is married.
0These are incorrectly punctuated. (a) and (c) should be like this:
a) Both my son and (my) daughter are married.
c) My son, as well as my daughter, is married.
I don't especially recommend (c), however. In my opinion, "my" should strictly speaking be repeated in (a), though in practice I guess it would often be dropped. You can also say "My son and (my) daughter are both marr
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