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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Subject- Verb Agreement query

In this sentence, is the collective noun "string" agreeing with the verb or are "curses" individually agreeing with the verb?

Please help.

He utters out a string of curses that raises her investigative spirits. (should this be "string=raises" or "curses=raise"?

  

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As written, it's string===raises . That's what the author wrote, so I assume that's what he/she meant.

  • As written, it's string===raises .
  • That's what the author wrote, so I assume that's what he/she meant.
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As written, it's string===raises.

That's what the author wrote, so I assume that's what he/she meant.

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