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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

subject verb agreement check

Hi

Could someone please check the following? Thanks

a) The things that matter most to me are my books and comics

b) The people who love me are important to me (!)

c) The thing that matters to me the most is my collection of books

Thanks again
  

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I see nothing wrong with your sentences. There are other possibilities; for instance, if you were a pop star or a famous writer, you might say People who love me... without the article.

— Cool Breeze

  • I see nothing wrong with your sentences.
  • There are other possibilities; for instance, if you were a pop star or a famous writer, you might say People who love me...
  • without the article.
  • This would imply you have lots of "lovers".
  • You have resorted to variety yourself by using a different word order and a slightly different structure after matter/matters .
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I see nothing wrong with your sentences. There are other possibilities; for instance, if you were a pop star or a famous writer, you might say People who love me... without the article. This would imply you have lots of "lovers".

You have resorted to variety yourself by using a different word order and a slightly different structure after matter/matters.

CB
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