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06 Sep 2014, 14:01
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Say I have a sentence:
John has a collection of recipes that disgusts Mary.
Should I say "disgust" or "disgusts"? In other words, should I determine the number of "disgust" by "collection" or "recipes"? Thank you.
John has a collection of recipes that disgusts Mary.
Should I say "disgust" or "disgusts"? In other words, should I determine the number of "disgust" by "collection" or "recipes"? Thank you.
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06 Sep 2014, 15:35
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Hi,
The rule of thumb when choosing a verb is to make it agree with the subject. In this case, the subject of the sentence is "collection". You can completely ignore "of recipes" because that is just a prepositional phrase that modifies the subject.
Thus, the correct verb to use is disgusts.
Hope that helps! Good luck studying!
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The rule of thumb when choosing a verb is to make it agree with the subject. In this case, the subject of the sentence is "collection". You can completely ignore "of recipes" because that is just a prepositional phrase that modifies the subject.
Thus, the correct verb to use is disgusts.
Hope that helps! Good luck studying!
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07 Sep 2014, 05:55
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Did you know that that is powerful?
That can overlap prepositional phrases, making itself slightly far away from its logical antecedent.
The piano that I play is black
The piano at the house that I play is black
The piano at the house of renaissance music that I play is black.
The piano at the house near Nikolaev's Russian School of Piano Playing that I play is black.
That can overlap prepositional phrases, making itself slightly far away from its logical antecedent.
The piano that I play is black
The piano at the house that I play is black
The piano at the house of renaissance music that I play is black.
The piano at the house near Nikolaev's Russian School of Piano Playing that I play is black.
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