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Jack112 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Subject / Verb - type and quality

Are these sentences grammatically correct? What is the subject and what is the verb?

1. The type and quality of the wine itself is only one aspect of tasting. (Is 'type and quality' the subject and is the verb 'is'? )
2. The type and quality of the wine itself are only one aspect of tasting.( Are 'type' and 'quality' the subject and is the verb 'are'? )

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You may use either, depending on whether you are thinking of a single concept or two—but you should be consistent: if they are two concepts, then they are two aspects. And I suggest that two concepts would be clearer if you used two definite articles: 1. The type and quality of the wine itself is only one aspect of tasting.

— Mister Micawber

  • You may use either, depending on whether you are thinking of a single concept or two—but you should be consistent: if they are two concepts, then they are two aspects.
  • And I suggest that two concepts would be clearer if you used two definite articles: 1.
  • The type and quality of the wine itself is only one aspect of tasting.
  • 2.
  • The type and the quality of the wine itself are only two aspects of tasting.
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You may use either, depending on whether you are thinking of a single concept or two—but you should be consistent: if they are two concepts, then they are two aspects. And I suggest that two concepts would be clearer if you used two definite articles:

1. The type and quality of the wine itself is only one aspect of tasting.
2. The type and the qua
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