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Old 25-Nov-2006, 20:39
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Default Re: Olympic Games

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Originally Posted by daisy1352 View Post
I have a sentence in my book "the five colored rings symbolizes...
Why symbolizes? We have five colored rings, a plural noun.

Olympic has a cloth that there are five colored rings on it. What is that piece of cloth called? What continent does each circle symbolize? What color stands for Asia, Africa, Europe ...?

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Tdol is correct about the intent of the author. However, I would have chosen a plural verb there.

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