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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Verb agreement
I'm doing work as a translator and just had a question that comes up quite a bit for me. The idea of the sentence is that the company being discussed relies on their delivery drivers. The key word here is "lifeline," it has to be used. The sentence should be something like, "Our lifeline is our drivers." I'm stuck on whether the verb should agree with lifeline (singular) or drivers (plural).
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You should use 'is' because the verb has to agree with its subject (lifeline), not its complement. Of course you could have written Our drivers are our lifeline.
- You should use 'is' because the verb has to agree with its subject (lifeline), not its complement.
- Of course you could have written Our drivers are our lifeline.
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You should use 'is' because the verb has to agree with its subject (lifeline), not its complement.
Of course you could have written
Our drivers are our lifeline.
Of course you could have written
Our drivers are our lifeline.
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