My favourite fruit ____ apples. |
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Votes: 845
Comments: 10
Added: May 2004
| X Mode - 18th September 2004 14:33 |
| The noun "fruit" is singular. I can understand how one might think, "They are apples.", but I don't see the logic in choosing a plural verb here. Still, "My favorite fruit is apples." could sound strange with the singular verb right next to the plural "apples". I would still go with "is" though. A singular subject means a singular verb. What about, "Apples are my favorite fruit." ? |
| kimyoungseok - 15th December 2006 03:19 |
| apples is the plural so I should choose rhe fruit are apples |
| Amutha - 27th December 2006 06:33 |
| Obviously, the singular subject "fruit" should take a singular verb "is". |
| Wallander - 6th February 2007 15:20 |
| Prove that "my favorite fruit" is the subject here. Couldn't we consider "apples" as the real subject? I think that the most "natural" order for this sentence would be "Apples are my favourite fruit". What do you think? |
| kimmikoto - 22nd April 2007 01:31 |
| I'm putting my money on, 'is.' |
| Claudia - 26th April 2007 04:35 |
| I think it is "are" because apples is plural. |
| kayla - 28th March 2008 01:14 |
| thanks |
| Maya - 12th October 2008 18:24 |
| "is" the right word because "APPLE IS MY FAVORITE FRUIT.." |
| La Trale - 25th February 2009 04:39 |
| I think here we have to take "apples" as 1 unit (for they are all apples = that's one unit, therefore = is) e.g. My favorite fruits (oranges, bananas, apples etc) are Bananas and Oranges. compare: My favorite fruit is bananas. |
| Tjohej - 6th July 2009 09:03 |
| http://www.onestopenglish.com/sectio n.asp?docid=146417 check this out >>all |
