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Subject: Re: Grammar....
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Douglas Sederberg wrote:
> "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.
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> In article <40a67ad3$0$3760$626a14ce@news.free.fr>, Julien Pourtet
> <yulinux@gmx.net> wrote:
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>>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.
Yes, that's exactly the point. In french both would be acceptable,
actually. :)
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Julien Pourtet
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