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rettelse af kongruens :)
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• Lots of snow (has/have) fallen this winter. HAS
• Not only the bus but all the cars (was/were) stopped. WERE
• A woman with a black cat (has/have) moved into the village. HAS
• There (is/are) a lot of boy scouts in the camp. ARE
• A large number of books (was/were) sold. WERE
• The money (was/were) stolen. WAS
• The old man with his two grandchildren (was/were) left behind. WAS
• The glass as well as the bottles (was/were) smashed. WERE
• Something (tells/tell) me that everybody (has/have) left. TELLS / HAS
• Nobody (knows/know) the trouble I (has/have) seen. KNOWS / HAVE
• People (has/have) generally grown taller since the Middle Ages. HAVE
• The police (believes/believe) that the man has gone into the building. BELIEVES
Tak :)
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Svar #1
23. august 2009 af Little_Lyca (Slettet)
Lots of snow (has/have) fallen this winter. HAS - Man kan argumentere for begge.
• Not only the bus but all the cars (was/were) stopped. WERE -yes
• A woman with a black cat (has/have) moved into the village. HAS - jep
• There (is/are) a lot of boy scouts in the camp. ARE - jep
• A large number of books (was/were) sold. WERE - jep
• The money (was/were) stolen. WAS - ja
• The old man with his two grandchildren (was/were) left behind. WAS - NEJ WERE!
• The glass as well as the bottles (was/were) smashed. WERE - Ja
• Something (tells/tell) me that everybody (has/have) left. TELLS / HAS - Jah
• Nobody (knows/know) the trouble I (has/have) seen. KNOWS / HAVE -jep
• People (has/have) generally grown taller since the Middle Ages. HAVE - Ja
• The police (believes/believe) that the man has gone into the building. BELIEVES -ja
Svar #2
23. august 2009 af exatb
Ligesom people skal police være flertal. Den sidste skal altså hedde "the police believe.."
Svar #3
23. august 2009 af Svingtur (Slettet)
# 1 Nu spørger jeg måske dumt, men kan man ikke argumentere for, at "the old man with his two grandchildren..." skal være was, fordi "with his two grandchildren" er en præpositionsforbindelse, og det derfor kun er the old man, der er subjektet?
Svar #5
23. august 2009 af Svingtur (Slettet)
Det andet er ulogisk, synes jeg - jeg ville skrive was :)
Svar #6
23. august 2009 af signeth (Slettet)
okay så jeg vælger altså at skrive
the police BELIEVE......
the man with his two grandchildren HAS.
Svar #9
23. august 2009 af exatb
Nej det er jo tre personer der efterlades, derfor skal det være "were". The woman with a black cat HAS fordi katten kun er en beskrivelse af hvem kvinden er.
Svar #10
24. august 2009 af Stygotius (Slettet)
Kære signe,
Der kan ikke argumenteres for "Lots of snow have fallen. " Det kan kun hedde "has fallen"
Ordet "police" er et såkaldt kollektivt substantiv og er (som et af de få) altid pluralis på engelsk, -derfor "the police believe."
Man vil i 99,999999 % af alle tifælde ikke finde "police" med verbet i singularis.
Resten af hvad du har skrevet er meget fint.
Man skal i øvrigt ( i modsætning til Little_Lyca) være klar over at "with" er en underordnende præposition mens "and" er en konjunktion. Derfor kan det kun hedde "The old man with his two......." WAS. Hvis man havde brugt "and" eller "as well as" skulle det have været "were".
Her er det kun manden ........og ikke manden og hans to børnebørn som er subjekt. Derfor singularis i verbet
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