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Monday, September 25, 2006

Subject-Verb Agreement With Intervening Prepositional Phrases

A fancy title for a simple concept. Another blogger asked the Grammar Guru, "Will you please teach people about proper subject-verb agreement -- especially in cases where the subject may seem to be plural, but really isn't... as in a flock of seagulls? I am getting quite sick of seeing things such... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by editormum at 9:17 AM Comments (2) (link)

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