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Subject verb agreement?
Keeping pets has/have more advantages than disadvantages. Kindly provide explanations with your answer. Most sources I've checked use the perfect verb HAS.
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- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
Subject is 'keeping', not 'pets'. It is singular. So, the right sentence would be " Keeping pets HAS..."
I will givw you more examples that are similar to yours :
'' Being sick meanS ...''
'' Smoking sigarettes IS...''
'' Mocking kids IS...'' , etc.
Source(s): I used to teach English as a second language.My knowledge of grammar. - busterwasmycatLv 79 years ago
keeping is a gerund, a noun formed by taking a verb and adding ing. Like dancing or swimming, it is normally considered a global (non-quantifiable) act, a singular item in grammatical terms.
- ?Lv 44 years ago
i might bypass with A vase of plant life grew to become into placed in the table. My clarification is right here: the priority of the sentence is vase, "of plant life" is a function of the vase.
