Verb tenses/help
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Message from angrepa posted on 16-04-2013 at 01:15:17 (D | E | F)
Hello,
in exercise 98938 I wrote:
19. Ten months HAVE BEEN (and not IS)- the noun phrase is plural, so I don´t understand
20. Every boy and girl in this class SPEAK (and not SPEAKS) - I used "speak" because every has the meaning of plural.
Could you explain to me why I have made those mistakes?
Thank you for any help
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Edited by lucile83 on 16-04-2013 08:13
Message from angrepa posted on 16-04-2013 at 01:15:17 (D | E | F)
Hello,
in exercise 98938 I wrote:
19. Ten months HAVE BEEN (and not IS)- the noun phrase is plural, so I don´t understand
20. Every boy and girl in this class SPEAK (and not SPEAKS) - I used "speak" because every has the meaning of plural.
Could you explain to me why I have made those mistakes?
Thank you for any help
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Edited by lucile83 on 16-04-2013 08:13
Re: Verb tenses/help from irish21, posted on 16-04-2013 at 06:53:51 (D | E)
Hello,
-19 "When we talk about amounts and quantities we usually use singular verbs, even if the noun is plural".
Ex: ten months IS a long time for him to wait for this job.
-20 "Two nouns qualified by 'each' or 'every', even though connected by 'and', require only a singular verb.
Ex: every boy and girl in this class SPEAKS English.
Regards.
Re: Verb tenses/help from angrepa, posted on 16-04-2013 at 23:51:27 (D | E)
Thank you very much for your explanation. I understand now.
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