Subject–Verb Agreement
The verb were is wrong (Straits Times, 17 September 2010).
Since the noun phrase the Singapore universities’ drop in rankings has a singular head noun drop, it needs to be followed by the singular verb was.
Since the noun phrase the Singapore universities’ drop in rankings has a singular head noun drop, it needs to be followed by the singular verb was.
5 comments:
Anyone noticed the simple mistake in
"THE said the Singapore Universities' drop in rankings..."?
I have been looking out for grammatical errors in publications after reading your blog. I look forward to your next post!
Hi, Ta Hoong!
Actually the 'THE' isn't a mistake; it stands for 'Times Higher Education', the body which did the rankings and published the report (in which NTU fell more than a hundred places in the space of a year!).
I think I have some older examples which I should be posting soon.
Take care,
TGT
Hi,
I'm Indah from Indonesia.
Nice to know you and your blog.
Now, I take faculty of education emphasis on English Studies. I hope I can learn from this blog :)
*please tell me if I make a mistake:)*
Indah Wulandari
Hello, Indah! Thanks for dropping by. I hope you find this blog useful.
All the best,
TGT
Great post, I am almost 100% in agreement with you
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