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Re: Diagram[m]ing zmjezhd #197261 02/11/2011 12:46 AM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 Avy old hand
Avy old hand Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724	Originally Posted By: zmjezhd . Syntactically, the noun phrase, the trail of ants, is the subject of the sentence. Subject verb concord would be based on the head noun phrase the trail. How you handle the verb, singular versus plural, does have something to do with how you interpret the whole NP, the trail of ants. I would treat a flock of sheep as plural, but a herd of bison as singular: e.g., "A flock of sheep were cropping my lawn", but "a herd of bison was blocking the road". Thanks. That is useful to know. How would you treat "a trail of ants" - with the verb concord based on the noun or NP?

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Diagraming	Avy	02/10/2011 1:19 AM
Re: Diagraming	tsuwm	02/10/2011 1:43 AM
Re: Diagraming	Avy	02/10/2011 2:04 AM
Re: Diagraming	Faldage	02/10/2011 12:00 PM
Re: Diagraming	bexter	02/10/2011 12:38 PM
Re: Diagraming	Avy	02/10/2011 1:03 PM
Re: Diagram[m]ing	zmjezhd	02/10/2011 2:01 PM
Re: Diagram[m]ing	tsuwm	02/10/2011 2:57 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	zmjezhd	02/10/2011 3:33 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	LukeJavan8	02/10/2011 4:05 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	tsuwm	02/10/2011 4:10 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	LukeJavan8	02/10/2011 4:24 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	Jackie	02/11/2011 2:04 AM
Re: DAG[g]ing	LukeJavan8	02/11/2011 2:38 AM
Re: Diagram[m]ing	BranShea	02/10/2011 10:12 PM
Re: Diagram[m]ing	tsuwm	02/10/2011 10:36 PM
Re: Diagram[m]ing	zmjezhd	02/10/2011 11:24 PM
Re: Diagram[m]ing	Avy	02/11/2011 12:46 AM
Re: Diagram[m]ing	Faldage	02/11/2011 12:57 AM
Re: DAG[g]ing	Buffalo Shrdlu	02/10/2011 5:12 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	LukeJavan8	02/10/2011 5:24 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	zmjezhd	02/10/2011 6:26 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	LukeJavan8	02/10/2011 6:29 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	zmjezhd	02/10/2011 6:44 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	LukeJavan8	02/10/2011 6:46 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	zmjezhd	02/10/2011 7:30 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	LukeJavan8	02/10/2011 11:25 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	Avy	02/11/2011 12:55 AM
Re: DAG[g]ing	zmjezhd	02/11/2011 3:40 AM
Re: DAG[g]ing	Avy	02/11/2011 1:36 PM
Re: grammars	zmjezhd	02/11/2011 3:22 PM
Re: grammars	Avy	02/12/2011 1:09 AM
Re: grammars	LukeJavan8	02/12/2011 4:19 PM
Re: grammars	BranShea	02/12/2011 9:14 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	LukeJavan8	02/11/2011 3:53 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	BranShea	02/11/2011 3:22 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	zmjezhd	02/11/2011 3:25 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	BranShea	02/11/2011 7:43 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	zmjezhd	02/12/2011 12:45 AM
Re: DAG[g]ing	LukeJavan8	02/12/2011 12:48 AM
Re: DAG[g]ing	Faldage	02/13/2011 12:21 AM
Re: DAG[g]ing	LukeJavan8	02/13/2011 4:06 PM
Re:GAG[g]ing	Tromboniator	02/15/2011 11:00 AM
Re:GAG[g]ing	Faldage	02/15/2011 11:58 AM
Re:GAG[g]ing	LukeJavan8	02/15/2011 4:27 PM
Re: DAG[g]ing	Buffalo Shrdlu	02/11/2011 11:36 PM
Re: Diagraming	Tromboniator	02/15/2011 11:33 AM
Re: Diagraming	Avy	02/15/2011 1:39 PM

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