Poll: The files sitting in the office that I was talking about yesterday are in disarray

The files sitting in the office that I was talking about yesterday are in disarray

I was talking about the files yesterday.
I was talking about the office yesterday.
I was talking about both yesterday
The sentence is ambiguous.

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This Poll:

  • Votes: 167
  • Comments: 3
  • Added: February 2012

Comments:

Angela Lourdes Colaco

I was talking about the files yesterday

don

Subject-verb agreement applies.

The files .... are

If the office is the subject, it would be 'is in disarray'

Robert

Yesterday I was talking about the office in which the files are now sitting. (Non - native speaker, this is how I would paraphrase it.)

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