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minus-squareFredericChopin_@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoShouldn’t the first is be are. I suck at grammar, but shit if journalism isn’t dead.
minus-squareRufusLoacker@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoNo, because the subject is “the power”, which is singular.
minus-squareFredericChopin_@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoHuh… Thanks for pointing that out. I had to read it again a few times to get it. It still feels like it doesn’t flow as much with is. I wonder is that a me problem and that it sounds correct to most people, or just a curiosity of the language. Also, is the subject of the sentence always definite or can it sometimes be ambiguous?
Shouldn’t the first is be are. I suck at grammar, but shit if journalism isn’t dead.
No, because the subject is “the power”, which is singular.
Huh…
Thanks for pointing that out. I had to read it again a few times to get it. It still feels like it doesn’t flow as much with is.
I wonder is that a me problem and that it sounds correct to most people, or just a curiosity of the language.
Also, is the subject of the sentence always definite or can it sometimes be ambiguous?