Timeline for Need clarity regarding Third-person-singular conjugation in a sentence
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| Mar 12, 2020 at 13:23 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | ...where obviously the "primary verb subject" (of initial verb are) must have been a plural. And the specific word species doesn't necessarily affect the subsequent choice of plurality, since it's exactly the same form as a singular or plural noun. | |
| Mar 12, 2020 at 13:20 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | ...but consider this NGram showing that the most common words after are a species that are the singular verb forms has and is... | |
| Mar 12, 2020 at 13:18 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | If that "rationale" makes sense to you then fine. But from my perspective as a Brit there is no "right" answer here, and thus no bulletproof argument as to why it's the right answer. | |
| Mar 11, 2020 at 21:49 | vote | accept | thomas01f | ||
| Mar 11, 2020 at 21:05 | answer | added | CJ Dennis | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 11, 2020 at 18:49 | comment | added | thomas01f | @FumbleFingers-Reinstate-Monica I agree. After reviewing the sentence, it became clear that the subject is indeed "We", not "The Company", and thus, the correct use of the verb is "develop". We (the people that collectively make up the company) develop solutions [...] | |
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| Mar 11, 2020 at 18:01 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I believe Brits are more "flexible" than Americans in this area (it's not just a matter of saying that British companies / couples / governments / etc. are singular, whereas to Americans they're plural). Brits vary the plurality according to context, and in this case they'll tend to go with the plural verb develop simply because the sentence started with plural We are... | |
| Mar 11, 2020 at 17:54 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Does this answer your question? Its or Their to refer to a company? Also Is a company e.g. Pfizer, singular or plural? | |
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| Mar 11, 2020 at 15:18 | history | asked | thomas01f | CC BY-SA 4.0 |