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Anonimo550 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Which one to use here ‘makes or make?’

This bouquet has a lot of flowers which makes/make it very beautiful.


A lot is singular but flowers are plural

Idk whether I should use makes or make

  

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I'd use 'makes'.

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I read "a lot of flowers" as a unit/set. In other words, I see it as "a bunch of flowers", hence "makes" is my choice.

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Ther are two options. The antecedent can be the entire main clause, in which case a singular verb and a comma is used: This bouquet has a lot of flowers, which makes it very beautiful.

If a lot of flowers is the antecedent, a plural verb and no comma is used: This bouquet has a lot of flowers which/that make it very beautiful. This sentence suggests that in additio

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