mainhoon wrote:
Why is it IS and not ARE? Can someone please clarify why the subject here is not plural - the 2 things joined by AND?
Some analysts contend that true capitalism exists only when the ownership of both property and the means of production
is regarded as an inalienable right of an individual’s, and it is not a license granted by government and revokable at whim.
(A) is regarded as an inalienable right of an individual’s, and it is not
(B) are regarded as individuals’ inalienable rights, and that it not be
(C) is regarded as an individual’s inalienable right, not as
(D) are regarded as an individual’s inalienable rights, not when they are
(E) is regarded as the inalienable rights of an individual, not when it is
I am also confused between B and C!
Reason - I chose 'are' initially because 2 things are joined using 'and', but C is the answer because 'ownership
of both property and the means of production' made me think that there have to be 2 things after both - property and means! Hence our subject is ownership, which is singular! if we did not have 'both' there then we would have had 2 things - 'ownership of property and the means of production' followed by 'are'.
I hope you got my point!