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sungstar
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 Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:39 am Post subject: neither A nor B is or are? |
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I have two questions.
The first one is about subject-verb agreement.
If 'Neither he nor she' is the subject, is 'is' correct or 'are'?
The second one is about' keep -ing' form.
I keep waiting for him. -What is 'waiting'? Is it a gerund or participle?
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myprofe
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| Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:53 am Post subject: Re: neither A nor B is or are? |
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Neither of them is.
Neither refers to each of them individually. He isn't and she isn't.
Neither he nor she is. Neither of them is.
Also, each and every use the singular.
Each one has. Everyone who has.
Gerund I keep waiting for him.
I am waiting for you.
I started waiting an hour ago and I am still waiting.
I will continue waiting for another 10 minutes.
I can't keep waiting longer than that.
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Mary W. Ng
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:29 pm Post subject: Re: neither A nor B is or are? |
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| I keep waiting for him. -What is 'waiting'? Is it a gerund or participle? |
Keep is an intransitive verb; waiting is a present participle.
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