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AgentEric Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

The sounds or the sound

If my sentence was "The sound(s) of cars and people was/were me up," would it be necessary for the 's'(therefore changing the verb to 'were')?

  

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AgentEric was/were me up 'was me up' and 'were me up' make no sense. That aside, both of the following are correct. The sound of cars and people was ...

  • AgentEric was/were me up 'was me up' and 'were me up' make no sense.
  • That aside, both of the following are correct.
  • The sound of cars and people was ...
  • The sounds of cars and people were ...
  • CJ
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AgentEricwas/were me up

'was me up' and 'were me up' make no sense.

That aside, both of the following are correct.

The sound of cars and people was ...
The sounds of cars and people were ...

CJ

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