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by singhabhijeet » Mon Jul 20, 2015 1:27 am
Hi Experts,

Please help me to identify if below sentences are correct or not.

1) A player on the Vikings are going to sign autographs at the mall this Saturday.

2) This Tuesday, John, as well as his friends, is driving to the rock concert.

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by bubbliiiiiiii » Mon Jul 20, 2015 3:56 am
1) A player on the Vikings IS going to sign autographs at the mall this Saturday.

2) This Tuesday, John, as well as his friends, ARE driving to the rock concert.
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by src_saurav » Mon Jul 20, 2015 9:35 pm
Hi Abhijeet,

Just remember the below-

one of the (plural)+who/that+ are
one of the (plural)+is
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by singhabhijeet » Thu Jul 23, 2015 1:07 am
Hi Pranay,

Thanks for the reply.

I have a little doubt in 2 question. As per my understanding we can ignore, as well as ..... phrase. In that case John is the Subject and verb should be IS

2) This Tuesday, John, as well as his friends, is driving to the rock concert.

Please let me know if there is any rule for such phrases.

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by bubbliiiiiiii » Thu Jul 23, 2015 1:13 am
singhabhijeet wrote:Hi Pranay,

Thanks for the reply.

I have a little doubt in 2 question. As per my understanding we can ignore, as well as ..... phrase. In that case John is the Subject and verb should be IS

2) This Tuesday, John, as well as his friends, is driving to the rock concert.

Please let me know if there is any rule for such phrases.

Thanks
Abhijeet
TO my understanding, what you mentioned is applicable with 'along with' not with 'as well as'. As well as makes the subject plural.

Hope it helps.
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by OptimusPrep » Thu Jul 23, 2015 7:48 pm
singhabhijeet wrote:Hi Experts,

Please help me to identify if below sentences are correct or not.

1) A player on the Vikings are going to sign autographs at the mall this Saturday.

2) This Tuesday, John, as well as his friends, is driving to the rock concert.

Thanks and Regards,
Abhijeet
Hi Abhijeet and Pranay

1) This sentence as a singular subject, hence is should be used here.
2) This sentence also has a singular subject - John

Always keep in mind that a subject can be made plural only with the use of and
So the given sentence is correct.
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