Timeline for Singular vs. Plural with Multiple Gerunds as Subject (IE: [Gerund] and [Gerund] are/is [something].)
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| Dec 29, 2021 at 13:54 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @user3932000 Please respond. | |
| Jun 29, 2017 at 14:52 | comment | added | M-b | So, @user3932000, what did the answer sheet say?? | |
| Aug 1, 2015 at 8:43 | comment | added | user3932000 | In my SAT practice book, it had the following sample question and you had to identify the error: "(A) Introducing new ideas and replacing (B) old ones (C) is always a highly controversial matter..." I marked C as the answer and the answer sheet said otherwise. | |
| Jun 10, 2013 at 11:48 | vote | accept | Jonathon | ||
| Jun 10, 2013 at 11:15 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Yes. Although gerunds don't behave exactly like 'ordinary' nouns in all situations - in fact -ing-forms are idiosyncratic (which renders their analysis, classification and naming difficult) - here, logic prevails. I'm not sure 'walking and chewing gum' is (!) sufficiently unitary to warrant singular concord here - I'd use a wh-clause. However, 'ducking and diving' works. 'Bacon and eggs is my favourite breakfast, but, at the moment, bacon and eggs are rather expensive' is a nice illustration of logical concord. | |
| Jun 10, 2013 at 5:55 | history | answered | jbeldock | CC BY-SA 3.0 |