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- 09-Sep-2011, 07:26 #1
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Careful handling prevent/prevents? Hi,
"Careful handling prevent/prevents the boxes from getting dents and wrinkles."
Prevent or prevents?
- 09-Sep-2011, 07:52 #2
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Teacher Re: Careful handling prevent/prevents? Careful handling, the subject of the sentence, is singular - so prevents.
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- 09-Sep-2011, 08:19 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: Careful handling prevent/prevents? Thanks
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