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Is this an inversion? If so, why would you use an inversion in this case?
Here's a quote from a CNN transcript, wherein a consumer psychologist says the following:
"What is relatively new are shoppers turning on other shoppers."
If "what is relatively new" were the subject,...
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S-V agreement: It is not clear what is/are meant by A and B
In the following sentence, the verb “are” strikes me as odd.
In paragraph 6, it is not clear what are meant by “the front unit” and “the central element”.
It seems that “. . . it is not clear ...
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