pizzaiolo@slrpnk.net to Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.ml · 11 months ago‘Gigantic’ power of meat industry blocking green alternatives, study findswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down19cross-posted to: vegan@slrpnk.netenvironment@beehaw.org
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minus-squareRufusLoackercakelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoNo, because the subject is “the power”, which is singular.
minus-squareFredericChopin_@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoHuh… Thanks for pointing that out. I had to read it again a few times to get it. It still feels like it doesn’t flow as much with is. I wonder is that a me problem and that it sounds correct to most people, or just a curiosity of the language. Also, is the subject of the sentence always definite or can it sometimes be ambiguous?
No, because the subject is “the power”, which is singular.
Huh…
Thanks for pointing that out. I had to read it again a few times to get it. It still feels like it doesn’t flow as much with is.
I wonder is that a me problem and that it sounds correct to most people, or just a curiosity of the language.
Also, is the subject of the sentence always definite or can it sometimes be ambiguous?