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Kind Villain Posted 19 years ago
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Verb+ing and Verb+ing ARE/IS
0 Hello! Could you help me with the following sentence? 02 br
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00 -Getting up early and doing regular morning exercises are highly beneficial for your health. 02 br
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00 Is the use of 'are' correct in this sentence? 02 br
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00 -Getting up early and doing regular morning exercises are highly beneficial for your health. 02 br
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00 Is the use of 'are' correct in this sentence? 02 br
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0 I would use singular form: 01 font 00 is 02 font 00 . 02 br
00 "Getting up early and doing regular morning exercises" is one thing that you should do to maintain your powerful physique. 0-
00 "Getting up early and doing regular morning exercises" is one thing that you should do to maintain your powerful physique. 0-
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0 This is a similar question to the thread entitled "Subject" started by Taka. 02 br
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00 I agree with IK on the "is" - because getting up early all on its own does nothing for you - you have to combine it with doing the exercises for it to have a benefit. So it is really one joined activity - "get up and get moving" and therefore can take a singular verb. 02 br
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00 I agree with IK on the "is" - because getting up early all on its own does nothing for you - you have to combine it with doing the exercises for it to have a benefit. So it is really one joined activity - "get up and get moving" and therefore can take a singular verb. 02 br
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