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Grammaticality

t.javanshir
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Grammaticality
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Dear friends,
Which one should be said here and why:
One of the subcategories of the interactive dimension is/are evidentials.
can "is/are" refer to evidentials, or it could just refer to "one"? |
18 Feb 2013
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ueslteacher
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Definitely "is" and it refers to "one" |
18 Feb 2013
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dutchboydvh
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I agree. You are talking about ONE of the subcategories. Singular. So it is indeed �Is �. |
18 Feb 2013
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Apodo
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Word Usage???
Evidential is an adjective.
I �ve never seen �evidentials � used this way before (as a noun made plural with �s �).
Maybe others have, or maybe it �s a special use to do with interactive dimensions.
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18 Feb 2013
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NatalinaS
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I agree with the answers above and Predicate agrees with the subject in person and number. |
19 Feb 2013
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bitudeniz
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definitely isONE of ....... is |
19 Feb 2013
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ueslteacher
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@ Apodo: it �s a linguistic term. Sophia |
19 Feb 2013
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t.javanshir
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Thank you my dear friends.
Yeah...Sophia is right, it is a linguistic term. |
19 Feb 2013
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