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Thursday 16 May 2013
Singular or Plural? # 4
The writer has lost sight of the subject noun in this sentence's sub-clause, resulting in disagreement with the verb:
If you write thirty words in the passive voice without so much as a comma, you've got to think about re-phrasing. That is one ugly sentence.
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