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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Subject-verb agreement question
Which is correct and why? (The only difference is make vs makes)
1) The main purpose of this is to not only make it look cleaner and more elegant.
2) The main purpose of this is to not only makes it look cleaner and more elegant.
1) The main purpose of this is to not only make it look cleaner and more elegant.
2) The main purpose of this is to not only makes it look cleaner and more elegant.
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Neither is correct, because neither is a complete sentence. You need either: The main purpose of this is to make it look cleaner and more elegant, or: The main purpose of this is to not only make it look cleaner and more elegant, but also ....
- Neither is correct, because neither is a complete sentence.
- You need either: The main purpose of this is to make it look cleaner and more elegant, or: The main purpose of this is to not only make it look cleaner and more elegant, but also ....
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Neither is correct, because neither is a complete sentence. You need either:
The main purpose of this is to make it look cleaner and more elegant,
or:
The main purpose of this is to not only make it look cleaner and more elegant, but also ....
The main purpose of this is to make it look cleaner and more elegant,
or:
The main purpose of this is to not only make it look cleaner and more elegant, but also ....
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