| Re: Grammar.... |
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| Douglas Sederberg (vornoffREMOVE@sonic.net) |
2004/05/16 01:10 |
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From: Douglas Sederberg <vornoffREMOVE@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: Grammar....
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 00:10:32 -0700
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"she and Adam" is the subject, which is plural, so should take the
"are" verb. If you switch the question into a statement sometimes it
becomes clearer: She and Adam are an item / She and Adam is an item
The first sentence should sound a lot more natural to you.
In article <40a67ad3$0$3760$626a14ce@news.free.fr>, Julien Pourtet
<yulinux@gmx.net> wrote:
> squish wrote:
> > Hi, I discovered the following phrases are amibious - which one 'sounds'
> > more correct than the other?! Confuses me....
> >
> > "Is she and adam still an item?"
> >
> > "Are she and adam still an item?"
> >
> > by 'item' - it means 'still in a relationship' - in this sense.
> >
> > I thought "Are adam and nicola sitll an item?' would be perfectly
> > reasonable, so why wouldn't "Are adam and she still an item?" or "Are she
> > and Adam still an item?" be acceptable also?
> >
> > Och jesus it's confused you too now eh....
>
> As for me, the second one sounds more correct.
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