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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Verb subject agreemetn
Hi,
InEncarta Dictionary the 'atmosphere is the mixture of gases that surrounds an astronomiscal... .'
My question is that in a previous thread I gave the sentence:'He is one of the students who are/is organising a charity walk' and I asked what the correct choice would be,and the answer came it had to be 'are' because it agrees with 'students'.How come this is not the case with '...gases that surrounds... ?
Thanks.
InEncarta Dictionary the 'atmosphere is the mixture of gases that surrounds an astronomiscal... .'
My question is that in a previous thread I gave the sentence:'He is one of the students who are/is organising a charity walk' and I asked what the correct choice would be,and the answer came it had to be 'are' because it agrees with 'students'.How come this is not the case with '...gases that surrounds... ?
Thanks.
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Because this time the noun referent is ' mixture '. 'One of the' and 'the mixture of' are not equivalent structures.
- Because this time the noun referent is ' mixture '.
- 'One of the' and 'the mixture of' are not equivalent structures.
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Because this time the noun referent is 'mixture'. 'One of the' and 'the mixture of' are not equivalent structures.
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Mister MicawberBecause this time the noun referent is 'mixture'. 'One of the' and 'the mixture of' are not equivalent structures.Could you elaborate on how they are different giving further examples,please?
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