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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Was the copy editor napping?

I have just read this sentence in a famous American newsweekly:

"It is not income alone but also freedom that make a prosperous society."

I think the verb should be makes.

Am I correct? Thank you.
  

Top answer

Yup - looks like the copy editor was out partying the night before, but I'm not certain he dropped his "s". Try the sentence in another way... Income and freedom alone do not make a prosperous society.

— JohnParis

  • Yup - looks like the copy editor was out partying the night before, but I'm not certain he dropped his "s".
  • Try the sentence in another way...
  • Income and freedom alone do not make a prosperous society.
  • The sentence maybe correct as written.
  • What say yee all?
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Yup - looks like the copy editor was out partying the night before, but I'm not certain he dropped his "s".

Try the sentence in another way...

Income and freedom alone do not make a prosperous society.

The sentence maybe correct as written. What say yee all?

John
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yes, i think so ,because should be the third person,so should be makes
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Thank you, John and Ting, for your replies.
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