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Forum: English Questions Aug 12th, 2009, 03:52 am
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Posted By karnvivek
Re: subject-verb agreement

I am afraid saying "just doesn't sound right" is not a good enough reason to present your case. The sentence must conform to the rules of the english grammar. There are times the subject and the verb...
Forum: English Questions Aug 11th, 2009, 11:04 pm
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Views: 13,058
Posted By karnvivek
Re: subject-verb agreement

I was referring the rule from Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction book which has to say this on the matter:

The word and can unite two or more singular subjects, forming a compound plural subject....
Forum: English Questions Aug 11th, 2009, 01:32 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 13,058
Posted By karnvivek
Re: subject-verb agreement

You will say "There ARE a dog and a cat .... " as using and creates compound plural subject and ARE should be the verb for the plural subject dog and a cat here.
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