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Minnaloushe Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

The areas... is DUIs


When you look at crime rates, blacks are almost always more criminally inclined on a per-capita basis. The areas where they were more or less the same as whites is DUIs.
I read this on a forum.

The subject for the sentence I highlighted in bold is in plural, and DUIs is in plural too. Why is the verb-is in singular? I think it should be "are DUIs".

Thanks!
  

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DUIs form a single area. So it should be The area where they were more or less the same as whites is DUIs . Better English is eg The area where they were more or less the same as whites is that of DUIs.

— Clive

  • DUIs form a single area.
  • So it should be The area where they were more or less the same as whites is DUIs .
  • Better English is eg The area where they were more or less the same as whites is that of DUIs.
  • Clive
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DUIs form a single area.
So it should be
The area where they were more or less the same as whites is DUIs.

Better English is
eg The area where th
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