[Grammar] is / are when use with possessive adjective.

[Sujing]

Hi Teacher,

Please kindly advise me. How to use which one is correct?

Your cars is/are very nice.
Its legs is/are dirty.
Their children is/are cute.

 

[tedmc]

What do you think are the answers?
The verb(is/are) always follows the subject.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'A plural subject takes a plural verb.'── quoted from http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/subjectVerbAgree.asp

Please [STRIKE]kindly[/STRIKE] advise me[STRIKE]. How[/STRIKE] which to use. [STRIKE]which one is correct?[/STRIKE]

 

[Sujing]

Yes, I think "are" is the answer.

 

[Skrej]

You are correct. As Ted and Matthew mentioned, subject/verb agreement is between the subject and verb. Singular subject needs a singular verb. Plural subject needs a plural verb.

Possessive adjectives have no bearing on agreement, because as adjectives, they aren't the subject. You can ignore them for the purpose of determining agreement.

 

[Sujing]

Dear Tedmc,Matthew and Skrej,

Thank you so much for your advice.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Your clicking on the 'Thank' button has already obviated the need for a new post just to say 'Thank you'.

 

[Sujing]

Could you tell me? How to get friend in this?
and why some thread have been closed? How to setting it?

 

[Matthew Wai]

We don't start a question with "How to ..." - we start with "How can I" or "How do we" or "How should I".

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[Matthew Wai]

why some thread have been closed?

A moderator might manually close a thread that is:

getting tediously tedious

 

[Rover_KE]

Why [STRIKE]some thread have[/STRIKE] have some threads been closed?

Please note the correct way to ask your question.

 

[Sujing]

Originally Posted by emsr2d2 [/COLOR]
We don't start a question with "How to ..." - we start with "How can I" or "How do we" or "How should I".].

How could you quote text from another thread at here?
please let me know.

 

[Tdol]

Choose the Reply with quote button. When you quote at first, the post goes into moderation. This is to stop or reduce advertising and spam. Copy text and post it as a quote in a separate thread.

 

[Sujing]

I wonder that Matthew Wai who answer me. Why did it show the "originally posted by emsr2d2"?

It mean he tried to search the post and copied it here.

I am sorry if I misunderstand. I will keep doing it better.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Yes, I searched for it and copied it here.

 

[Tdol]

I wonder that Matthew Wai who answer me. Why did it show the "originally posted by emsr2d2"?

It mean he tried to search the post and copied it here.

I am sorry if I misunderstand. I will keep doing it better.

This is reply with quote.

 

[Tdol]

And here I have copied your text and added the quote box in a reply- it doesn't link to the original:

I wonder that Matthew Wai who answer me. Why did it show the "originally posted by emsr2d2"?

It mean he tried to search the post and copied it here.

I am sorry if I misunderstand. I will keep doing it better.

 

[Sujing]

How do I search quickly like you?
I thought, there are a lot of threads and a lot of words.

I tried to search the one posted by the advanced search, those provided a lot of threads and can't found it immediately.I found it only in my thread.

 

[Sujing]

I got it. I just wonder about where did he find the emsr2d2's quote?
Cuase I didn't see in my thread.
I tried to search but couldn't find it.

Thanks so much.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I just wonder about where did he find the emsr2d2's quote?

He used the Google Search bar near the top of this page.

How do I search quickly like you?

Search for the key words.