Poll: Feeding sharks ____ dangerous.
Feeding sharks ____ dangerous. |
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Votes: 413
Comments: 9
Added: September 2004
Comments:
| Jagter - 8th September 2004 21:01 |
| It depends: If 'feeding sharks' means the action of giving sharks food, then it is singular. If 'feeding sharks' refers to sharks that are feeding, then it is plural. |
| Red5 - 10th September 2004 16:55 |
| Agreed. ;-) |
| gardemarine - 11th January 2007 04:36 |
| All sharks are dangerous, either they are feeding or not. But this sentence looks like a warning on the zoo fence saying that feeding sharks is dangerous because they can easily bite off your extended arm while you throw food to them. |
| Parissa - 28th February 2007 16:55 |
| Feedind sharks is One action ,so it needs third person verb. |
| kimmikoto - 16th April 2007 21:48 |
| Don't feed, sharks. |
| marion fox - 14th August 2007 15:18 |
| agree with both jagter and gardemarine so obviously the answer `either ` is correct. |
| Jim - 27th February 2008 22:49 |
| It depends if what you are trying to tell someone about is the act of feeding sharks food, or the sharks who want to eat. "Sharks that are feeding are dangerous." "Doing something like feeding sharks is dangerous." |
| tektek - 2nd October 2008 15:50 |
| i do agree with Jagter ! |
| ninjin - 22nd May 2011 13:23 |
| If you're talking about the action of a person feeding sharks, then the word 'is' is appropriate. This is because you are talking about a single action. However, if you're talking about sharks that are feeding, then the word 'are' is appropriate. This is because you are talking about more than one object. |
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