Agreement between subject and verb

[Robert J. Pohl]

"Stapled to the back of these explanations is a highlighted section from the tentative schedule for the convention."

"Stapled to the back of ..." is a participle phrase, right? Is it acting as the subject of the sentence? So, then, it would be a gerund and would have a singular verb follow, right?


Thanks a lot you all,

Rob

[svartnik]

Originally Posted by Robert J. Pohl

"Stapled to the back of these explanations is a highlighted section from the tentative schedule for the convention."
"Stapled to the back of ..." is a participle phrase, right? Is it acting as the subject of the sentence? So, then, it would be a gerund and would have a singular verb follow, right?
Thanks a lot you all,
Rob

Stapled to the back of these explanations (there) is a highlighted section from the tentative schedule for the convention."


participle phrase -- YES
No, it modifies the nominal subject: section

[Teia]

Originally Posted by Robert J. Pohl

"Stapled to the back of these explanations is a highlighted section from the tentative schedule for the convention."
"Stapled to the back of ..." is a participle phrase, right? Is it acting as the subject of the sentence? So, then, it would be a gerund and would have a singular verb follow, right?
Thanks a lot you all,
Rob

Hi

Put it some other way :

A highlighted section...is stapled to the back of these...

Subject : section

Regards,

[Robert J. Pohl]

Would a teacher view this post, and answer it, please?

[Tdol]

The subject is 'a highlighted section'; if you reverse the word order, you'll see:
A highlighted section is stapled to the back...