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Old 14-Apr-2008, 20:42
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Hi,
i hope im doing this right and hopefully get a response.

Im also doing the Tefl course, and its about error correction i must give what caused the error, and for this one "people is very friendly" I know better that people is plural and we would use people are friendly, i just dont know how i would answer what caused the error!
any help or opinions would be great! thanks
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Old 14-Apr-2008, 22:52
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That's it. The verb 'is' caused the error. It should take the plural verb 'are' because the subject 'people' is plural. =)
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Hello

Hoping this answer isn't too late. But another cause could be that students may assume that the noun people is singular as it has no s at the end.

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