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  1. 06-Jan-2010, 13:49 #1
    molla222
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    Default noun-verb-agreement

    Hi everyone,
    I wonder if my sentence is right..
    The subject of the book are the problems of growing up.

    Please, help!!!
    Thank you!
  2. 06-Jan-2010, 14:24 #2
    Kondorosi
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    Default Re: noun-verb-agreement

    Quote Originally Posted by molla222 View Post
    Hi everyone,
    I wonder if my sentence is right..
    The subject of the book are the problems of growing up.

    Please, help!!!
    Thank you!
    The grammatical subject of the verb 'be' is 'The subject'. The two words concide, do the two subjects. 'The subject' is singular and so is to be the verb. Use 'is'.
  3. 07-Jan-2010, 00:50 #3
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    Default Re: noun-verb-agreement

    The subject of the book is "problems with growing up". :)
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