I am writing to inquire the correctness of the following sentence:
both work rely on this technique
Or
both work relies on this technique.
While the first one seems more grammarly correct, I do see some usages of the second case. Could any shed some lights on this? Thanks.
It appears to be a simple mistake. Both takes a plural NP, and rely is a plural verb.
I assume it is meant to be Both works rely on this technique.
(At first I couldn't make any sense of it at all, because "work" is usually uncountable. But once I realised that this must be art (or literature, or music) criticism, it makes sense).
