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English Grammar and Usage Problems => Badly Written, Badly Spoken => Topic started by: debi on October 22, 2012, 11:18:08 PM

Title: SUBJECT AND VERB NOT AGREEING WHY?????/
Post by: debi on October 22, 2012, 11:18:08 PM

Hi,
I read an article saying: "William's poems talks about love, inspiration and grace" is this correct?
shouldnt it be: ""William's poems talk about love, inspiration and grace"
Please explain
thx

Title: Re: SUBJECT AND VERB NOT AGREEING WHY?????/
Post by: Mwita Chacha on October 27, 2012, 03:26:03 PM

Poems is noticeably a plural noun. As such, it has to take a plural-form verb ''talk.''