Chicken Sandwich
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jun 20, 2010
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Russian
- Home Country
- Russian Federation
- Current Location
- Netherlands
We are employees of Quick Stop Convenience and RST video, respectively. As such, we have certain responsibilities which - though it may seem cruel and unusual - does include manning our posts until closing.
This is a bit of dialogue from the movie "Clerks". I find this sentence odd from a grammar point of view. How can "does" refer to responsibilities? Even though I'm not a native speaker, I'd say: As such, we have certain responsibilities which - though it may seem cruel and unusual - do include manning our posts until closing. (Since responsibilities is plural). So do instead of does makes more sence.
Can someone clear this up? I don't get it really...
Thanks.