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I would agree that "makes" should stay singular to correspond to "what," even if the subject of the sentence is plural. However, I think "fruit" is singular. I can't think of a context in which I would say "fruit are." Here are some sentences that...
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Yoong Liat -- one of your examples is from 1892! Even the other one, from 1933, pre-dates the "diet craze" in America, when the word "diet," which originally meant "everything you eat," took on the second meaning of "a regime desinged to help someone lose...
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Hard to tell without context -- but perhaps "creeks tumble over rocks and little birds sing." It sounds like a description of a pretty scene in nature.
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I agree with the advice given -- but another possiblity that avoids the is/are decision entirely is "I have a big family." (or, if you want to make it perfectly clear that you are talking about your parents and siblings instead of your spouse and children, "I come from a big...
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No. Choose from "the evidence," "this evidence," "these pieces of evidence," or "these exhibits," if the "pieces of evidence" are physical items that have been presented to the Court as "exhibit A" and soon.
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The only way I can make any sense out of this (other than as a straightforward restatement of the obvious) is if the two "him"s refer to different people:
"I've known him (pointing to Bob) as long as I've known him (pointing to Tom)."
If this was the case, the...
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Vincent -- you have been posting a whole story one sentence at a time in separate posts. Did you see my reply yesterday, where I suggested that it's hard to understand the individual sentences without any context? It would be better if you posted a whole paragraph in one post.
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banjO, thanks for the kind words about the forum. I'll watch for your future posts.
P.S. For the record, I've never actually heard or read "ired" in use either. But that's true of a lot of words in the OSPD -- when was the last time you said "miseat"...
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But -- CJ just did it. I would say it doesn't sound very natural in the passive, but what's "incorrect" about CJ's version? (That ball has been being kicked by Joe for the past five years)
I think a more colloquial, more natural sounding version would be "That ball...
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It's listed in "The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary" (which, I just noticed, does not have an apostrophe at the end of "Players." Grr.) Of course, that source lists lots of words that some people (including my husband) might not consider "real" words. But...
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