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submitted 1 year ago by pizzaiolo@slrpnk.net to c/green@lemmy.ml

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[–] FredericChopin_@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shouldn’t the first is be are. I suck at grammar, but shit if journalism isn’t dead.

[–] RufusLoacker@feddit.it 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, because the subject is "the power", which is singular.

[–] FredericChopin_@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

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?