Posted by rfvv on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 2:04am.
1. The eighth square on the second row needed 256 spoons of rice, which amounted to a bowl.
2. The eighth square on the second row needed 256 spoons of rice, and it amounted to a bowl.
3. The eighth square on the second row needed 256 spoons of rice, and they amounted to a bowl.
(Can ',which' be 'and it' or 'and they'?)
English - Writeacher, Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 3:06am
1 and 2 are fine and, yes, they mean about the same thing. 3 is not correct.
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Thank you for your help.
1. 256 spoons of rice amounts to a bowl.
2. 256 spoons of rice amount to a bowl.
(Do we have to use a singular verb as in #1? Then, Sentence 2 is wrong, right?)
3. A glass of water is 1,000 won.
4. Two glasses of water is 2,000 won.
(Do we have to use the singular verb in #3 and #4?)
#2 is correct; #1 is not.
#3 is correct; #4 is not. How will you correct #4?
Posted by rfvv on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 7:35pm.
Posted by rfvv on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 2:04am.
1. The eighth square on the second row needed 256 spoons of rice, which amounted to a bowl.
2. The eighth square on the second row needed 256 spoons of rice, and it amounted to a bowl.
3. The eighth square on the second row needed 256 spoons of rice, and they amounted to a bowl.
(Can ',which' be 'and it' or 'and they'?)
English - Writeacher, Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 3:06am
1 and 2 are fine and, yes, they mean about the same thing. 3 is not correct.
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Thank you for your help.
1. 256 spoons of rice amounts to a bowl.
2. 256 spoons of rice amount to a bowl.
(Do we have to use a singular verb as in #1? Then, Sentence 2 is wrong, right?)
3. A glass of water is 1,000 won.
4. Two glasses of water is 2,000 won.
(Do we have to use the singular verb in #3 and #4?)
English - Writeacher, Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 7:53pm
#2 is correct; #1 is not.
#3 is correct; #4 is not. How will you correct #4?
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Thank you.
1. The eighth square on the second row needed 256 spoons of rice, which amounted to a bowl.
2. The eighth square on the second row needed 256 spoons of rice, and it amounted to a bowl.
3. The eighth square on the second row needed 256 spoons of rice, and they amounted to a bowl.
(Can ',which' be 'and it' or 'and they'?)
1-1. 256 spoons of rice amounts to a bowl. (#2)
2-1. 256 spoons of rice amount to a bowl. (#3)
(Do we have to use a singular verb as in #1? Then, Sentence 2 is wrong, right?)
{There needs to be choerence between two kinds of qeestions. '256 spoons of rice' should be treated as 'singular' or 'plural'?}
1. The eighth square on the second row needed 256 spoons of rice, which amounted to a bowl. correct
2. The eighth square on the second row needed 256 spoons of rice, and it amounted to a bowl. correct
3. The eighth square on the second row needed 256 spoons of rice, and they amounted to a bowl. incorrect
(Can ',which' be 'and it' or 'and they'?) Actually, it depends on what "it" and "they" are referring to. Would you clarify that for me?
1-1. 256 spoons of rice amounts to a bowl. (#2) incorrect; "spoons" is plural, so the verb needs to be "amount"
2-1. 256 spoons of rice amount to a bowl. (#3) correct
{There needs to be choerence between two kinds of qeestions. '256 spoons of rice' should be treated as 'singular' or 'plural'?} I take it as plural -- "spoons" -- right?
To answer your question, let's first understand subject-verb agreement. In English grammar, the verb in a sentence should agree with the subject in terms of number (singular or plural).
In relation to your sentences:
1. "256 spoons of rice amounts to a bowl." Here, the subject is "256 spoons of rice," which is considered as a singular quantity. Therefore, a singular verb "amounts" is used. This sentence is correct.
2. "256 spoons of rice amount to a bowl." In this case, using a plural verb "amount" would be more appropriate since "256 spoons" is plural. So, this sentence is incorrect due to lack of subject-verb agreement.
Regarding the other example:
3. "A glass of water is 1,000 won." The subject "a glass of water" is singular, so the singular verb "is" is used. This sentence is correct.
4. "Two glasses of water is 2,000 won." Here, the subject "two glasses of water" is plural, so the plural verb "are" should be used instead of "is." Therefore, this sentence is incorrect due to lack of subject-verb agreement.
To summarize, when the subject is singular, a singular verb should be used. And when the subject is plural, a plural verb should be used to maintain proper subject-verb agreement.