1

In an email I wrote :

Attached is my thoughts.

And then thought about it.

My attachment is a singular attachment. My thoughts are in the plural, within the single attachment.

But the very fact that I thought about it makes me wonder if this is one of those occasions when, whatever the formal and technical condition may be, the psychology of the statement overrides.

Any thoughts ?

Improve this question
3

3 Answers 3

Reset to default
2

Grammatically speaking, as far as I know:

"Attached are my thoughts."

Same as "My thoughts are attached." (That's simple present tense in passive).

Or better

"Find attached my thoughts."

But

"Attached is my document"

same as:

"My document/ file is attached"

or better:

"find attached my document.

Improve this answer
5
  • While I agree, why?
    – psosuna
    Commented Oct 29, 2018 at 16:26
  • @psosuna: subject/verb agreement.
    – Wordster
    Commented Oct 29, 2018 at 17:21
  • @Wordster No, I know why, but is it in the answer?
    – psosuna
    Commented Oct 29, 2018 at 17:25
  • @psosuna: sorry, I don't understand your question.
    – Wordster
    Commented Oct 30, 2018 at 15:35
  • @Wordster Sorry, I'll be clear: I agree with this answer, but it doesn't answer the reason why this is the answer. We both know it's because of subject/verb agreement with respect to pluralization, but since it's a string of examples, I'm not sure that the answer is really answering the question by explaining rather than answering by example.
    – psosuna
    Commented Oct 30, 2018 at 17:17
0

Definition of “thought” - Cambridge Dictionary with grammatical numbers:

the act of thinking about something to form ideas and opinions, or an idea or opinion produced by thinking:

As in:

[ U ] I have given this matter considerable thought.

[ C ] Do you have any thoughts on what we should do now?

and

[ C ] Attached are my thoughts

Improve this answer
0

An easy way to find the answer here is to shift the words - "My thoughts are attached."

"Attached" isn't plural or singular. This may have been a different question if you used the word attachment, but, as it stands, the word thoughts is the only possible subject of the sentence.

Improve this answer

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .