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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Which one of them is right ?! could it be both ??
Hi , how do you do ? hope you are fine , i want you to be a judge on a simple matter , i helped a friend on his homework through a forum and then a new user named " Prince Of Love " and said that i were wrong on this :
My classmates and I are learning about lung cancer .
he said i should have wrote :
My classmates and I am learning about Lung cancer .
Or even :
My classmates and I learning about lung cancer>
Which one of them is right ?
Both of us are not native english speakers , help please .
My classmates and I are learning about lung cancer .
he said i should have wrote :
My classmates and I am learning about Lung cancer .
Or even :
My classmates and I learning about lung cancer>
Which one of them is right ?
Both of us are not native english speakers , help please .
Top answer
-- This is correct (cf. -- Wrong. With subject coordination, a plural verb is used even if each conjoin is singular : Mary and Jack have new cars.
- -- This is correct (cf.
- -- Wrong.
- With subject coordination, a plural verb is used even if each conjoin is singular : Mary and Jack have new cars.
- You and I are friends.
- He and she are friends.
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My classmates and I are learning about lung cancer .-- This is correct (cf. 'We are')
My classmates and I am learning about Lung cancer .-- Wrong. With subject coordination, a plural verb is used even if each conjoin is singular:
Mary and Jack have new cars.
You and I are friends.
He and she are friends.
My class
My classmates and I are learning about lung cancer .-- This is correct (cf. 'We are')
My classmates and I am learning about Lung cancer .-- Wrong. With subject coordination, a plural verb is used even if each conjoin is singular:
Mary and Jack have new cars.
You and I are friends.
He and she are friends.
My class
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