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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
The result is OR result are
Hi, I would like to ask a number question.
If we have a sentence like - Science and technology have improved over the years and the result is the appliances we use in everyday life. Where is the number concord? With the subject or object? Shall I use is or are?
Or the sentence- Next group of people are the young.... ? are or is?
thank you
If we have a sentence like - Science and technology have improved over the years and the result is the appliances we use in everyday life. Where is the number concord? With the subject or object? Shall I use is or are?
Or the sentence- Next group of people are the young.... ? are or is?
thank you
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The concord is always with the subject: the result is . If it sound awkward (as I agree it sometimes does), then recast: and the appliances we use are the result. The decision with 'group of people' is another matter.
- The concord is always with the subject: the result is .
- If it sound awkward (as I agree it sometimes does), then recast: and the appliances we use are the result.
- The decision with 'group of people' is another matter.
- Although the grammatical subject is ' group ' (singular), notional and proximal concord often lead us to ' people are '.
- This is OK.
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The concord is always with the subject: the result is. If it sound awkward (as I agree it sometimes does), then recast: and the appliances we use are the result.
The decision with 'group of people' is another matter. Although the grammatical subject is 'group' (singular), notional and proximal concord often lead us to 'people are'
The decision with 'group of people' is another matter. Although the grammatical subject is 'group' (singular), notional and proximal concord often lead us to 'people are'
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