Timeline for -ing nouns and verb agreement [duplicate]
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| Dec 16, 2016 at 2:20 | history | edited | herisson |
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| Oct 26, 2014 at 14:43 | comment | added | user95675 | Ok. I'll use "is" then. Thank you. | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 14:40 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Since you treat "stealing and selling" as a single operation (and more tellingly, as a single subject), why would you consider the possibility of using a plural verb form? | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 14:25 | comment | added | user95675 | Yes, I treat "stealing and selling" as a single operation and subject at the same time. | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 14:21 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | Please edit your question to explain how the other answer cannot be applied to it. Perhaps you're thinking that "stealing and selling" is a single operation? | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 14:15 | comment | added | user95675 | Actually, I don't find those explanations very helpful. We have there a typical principle of proximity and the number of second conjoin determines the form of the verb. So please, tell me if I should use "is" or "are" in my sentence. | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 14:00 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | The sentence structure is X and Y # Z where # represents the copula. There is a reasoned answer at the other question. However, if something still is not clear, edit this question to explain what that is. | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 13:59 | history | closed | Andrew Leach♦ | Duplicate of Is it: My apples and orange are/is wrong? | |
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| Oct 26, 2014 at 13:52 | history | asked | user95675 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |