The incidents and the situation is spiralling.....
The sentence below is taken from the NATO website:
And for NATO it is important to do whatever we can to avoid that the incidents and the situation is spiralling out of control.
My question is the following:
Why is it ".....is spiralling out of control" and not ".....are spiralling out of control"?
Thank you.
Top answer
The sentence is not correct grammar. As you note, it needs 'are'. Also, it's usually not good to start a sentence with 'and'.
- The sentence is not correct grammar.
- As you note, it needs 'are'.
- Also, it's usually not good to start a sentence with 'and'.
- But more seriously, the whole clause starting with 'that is incorrect.
- It should be eg For NATO it is important to do whatever we can to avoid the incidents and the situation spiralling out of control.
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The sentence is not correct grammar.
As you note, it needs 'are'.
Also, it's usually not good to start a sentence with 'and'.
But more seriously, the whole clause starting with 'that is incorrect. It should be eg For NATO it is important to do whatever we can to avoid the incidents and the situation spiralling out of control.
0The structure of the sentence is not correct anyway. It is hard to be sure exactly what it was supposed to say, but possibly something like this:
And for NATO it is important to do whatever we can to avoid such incidents and the situation spiralling out of control.
(Cross-posted.)
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