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Jack112 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Weigh / Weighs

0 Are both of these correct? 02br
001. The lock and package 01b00weighs02b00 4lbs. (If this is correct, how come? Is 'lock and package' one thing here?) 02br
002. The lock and package 01b00weigh02b00 4lbs. 02br
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0 Hello Jack 02br 02br 00I would say #2. 02br 02br 00The lock and package weigh 4lbs. 02br 00Jack and his friend are walking down the road (not 'is walking').

— MrPedantic

  • 0 Hello Jack 02br 02br 00I would say #2.
  • 02br 02br 00The lock and package weigh 4lbs.
  • 02br 00Jack and his friend are walking down the road (not 'is walking').
  • 02br 00The king and queen discuss tv (not 'discusses').
  • 02br 00The ham and eggs are undercooked (not 'is undercooked').
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0 Hello Jack 02br
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00I would say #2. 02br
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00The lock and package weigh 4lbs. 02br
00Jack and his friend are walking down the road (not 'is walking'). 02br
00The king and queen discuss tv (not 'discusses'). 02br
00The ham and eggs are undercooked (not 'is undercooked'). 02br
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0 To MrPedantic, 02br
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00How about, 02br
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00a) The lock together with package WEIGH/WEIGHS 4lbs. 02br
00b) The lock including package WEIGH/WEIGHS 4lbs. 02br
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00Should it be "weigh" or "weighs"?? Thanks. 0-
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0 Hello Temico 02br
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00Perhaps: 02br
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00a) The lock, together with the package, weighs 4lbs. 02br
00b) The lock, including the package, weighs 4lbs. 02br
00c) The rat-with-parrot weighs 4lbs. 02br
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00MrP 02br
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0 JTT: The Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English points out that both are available depending on how its viewed by the speaker. 0-
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0 To "just the truth", 02br
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00I think that is true because, 02br
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00a) Mrs. Brown, together with her six children, ARE coming for dinner. 02br
00--------we use (ARE) and not (IS). 02br
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00b) The box, together with its contents, WEIGHS 1ton. 02br
00---------we use (WEIGHS) and not (WEIGH). 0-
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0 I have to admit, temico, I don't find 'are coming' natural in your sentence a). 02br
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00But I would find it natural in 'Mrs Brown and her children are coming to dinner'. 02br
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00MrP 0-
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