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Multi userinbox Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Was / were

Hi everyone,

I would like to request for a correction in the sentence given below.


"He along with his companions was admitted in the hospital."

{Why do we use was, whereas in the following we use were?}

He and his companions were admitted in the hospital.

Alice, Jame and he himself were admitted in the hospital.


  

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" Multi userinbox Why do we use was, whereas in the following we use were? Because "along with his companions" is seen as a parenthetical insertion that does not affect the verb agreement of the main sentence. Some people would prefer to use commas to reflect this: He, along with his companions, was admitted to the hospital.

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  • " Multi userinbox Why do we use was, whereas in the following we use were?
  • Because "along with his companions" is seen as a parenthetical insertion that does not affect the verb agreement of the main sentence.
  • Some people would prefer to use commas to reflect this: He, along with his companions, was admitted to the hospital.
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Multi userinbox"He along with his companions was admitted to the hospital."
Multi userinboxWhy do we use was, whereas in the following we use were?

Because "along with his companions" is seen as a parenthetical insertion that does not affect the verb agreement of the main senten

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