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Chan-Seung Lee

Joined: 03 Dec 2005
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:13 am Post subject: plural

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Time and again in such awakenings there is an insistence that outer things have dramatically changed, whereas to other observers they haven't. But this doesn't mean that going into the light, seeing the face of God, or whatever other name we wish to give to the experience is false.

In the underlined sentence, the subject seems to be 'going into the light' and 'seeing the face of God' and 'whatever other name we wish to give to the experience', that is, the subject is plural. If so, I think 'is' has to be changed to 'are'.
Can you tell me if I am right or wrong?

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pugachevV

Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Posts: 2295

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:08 am Post subject:

No, it's singular. He's talking about a single experience, but describing it in different ways.

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