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Nerdikarp Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Which sentence is correct?

Here are the two sentences:

1. The difference are the written words.

2. The difference is the written words.

Which sentence above is correct? Or are they both incorrect?

  

Top answer

nerdikarp The difference is the written words. This one, except I can't tell what it might mean. "Difference" is the subject, singular, end of story.

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  • nerdikarp The difference is the written words.
  • This one, except I can't tell what it might mean.
  • "Difference" is the subject, singular, end of story.
  • The predicate nominative is "written words", construed as singular.
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nerdikarpThe difference is the written words.

This one, except I can't tell what it might mean. "Difference" is the subject, singular, end of story. The predicate nominative is "written words", construed as singular.

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