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which sentence is correct?
Teenagers smoking in public areas is a common sight.
Teenagers smoking inpublic areas are a common sight.
Which one is correct ? If both are, then which one is better ? Thanks a million!
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Re: which sentence is correct?

Originally Posted by
flowerseed
Teenagers smoking in public areas is a common sight.
Teenagers smoking inpublic areas are a common sight.
Which one is correct ? If both are, then which one is better ? Thanks a million!
Hi,
Teenagers smoking in public areas is a common sight-correct.
Because in terms of parts of the sentence, "teenagers smoking in public areas" is the subject of the sentence, whereas "is a common sight" is the predicate. We can expand "teenagers..." by "the fact that teenagers...", where "the fact" should agree with the predicate of the sentence.
Regards,
Maria
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Re: which sentence is correct?
Smoking is not permitted except in designated areas.
'smoking' is a verbal noun and takes the singular verb 'is'
So:
Teenagers (who engage in ) smoking is a common sight.
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