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SpongeBarb

#226538 Thu, 18 May 06 04:51 PM

I read this on the net:

I'd like to think that she would be the first say to you, subtextually of course, "Physician, heal thyself",

and I was wondering why it wasn't 'says' instead of 'say', because the complete sentence without leaving out words, I thought, would have been:

I'd like to think that she would be the first one who says to you, subtextually of course, "Physician, heal thyself."

Did the writer make a mistake there? Thanks.

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Marius Hancu

#226541 Thu, 18 May 06 04:58 PM

Yes, she did make a slight error.

I'd prefer the first version here, but I think both are acceptable:
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I'd like to think that she would be the first to say to you, subtextually of course, "Physician, heal thyself."

I'd like to think that she would be the first one who says to you, subtextually of course, "Physician, heal thyself."

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