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Trunks Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Subject-verb disagreement
Consider this sentence:
She thought that reading romantic novels was a frivolous pastime.
Shouldn't the verb be "were" instead of "was" in the sentence? Can u explain why or why not?
Plus can u give me an example of a simple "frivolous" comment...
She thought that reading romantic novels was a frivolous pastime.
Shouldn't the verb be "were" instead of "was" in the sentence? Can u explain why or why not?
Plus can u give me an example of a simple "frivolous" comment...
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Trunks Shouldn't the verb be "were" instead of "was" in the sentence? No. The subject is reading , not novels .
- Trunks Shouldn't the verb be "were" instead of "was" in the sentence?
- No.
- The subject is reading , not novels .
- Reading was a pastime .
- Compare: Swimming was his favorite activity.
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TrunksShouldn't the verb be "were" instead of "was" in the sentence?No. The subject is reading, not novels. Reading was a pastime. Compare:
Swimming was his favorite activity.
Swimming in the city's swimming pools was his favority activity.
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Frivolous comment:
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