Creamcake
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- May 22, 2014
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- Vietnamese
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- Vietnam
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- Vietnam
Hi everyone !
I have a sentence: "Speaking and writing about common things are what I can do. But academic speaking and writing (to be) a different story."
I know that I should put ARE into the blank because of the S-V agreement in grammar books. But doesn't it sound awkward to you ? Because, to me, it does. I think "IS a different story" is more ok to me, but clearly that it will break the rule.
Please enlighten me on this matter. Is there only subject-verb agreement, or is there something else ? (like verb-object or subject-object agreement, logic ?)
Thank you.
I have a sentence: "Speaking and writing about common things are what I can do. But academic speaking and writing (to be) a different story."
I know that I should put ARE into the blank because of the S-V agreement in grammar books. But doesn't it sound awkward to you ? Because, to me, it does. I think "IS a different story" is more ok to me, but clearly that it will break the rule.
Please enlighten me on this matter. Is there only subject-verb agreement, or is there something else ? (like verb-object or subject-object agreement, logic ?)
Thank you.