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- Should I use make or makes in the following statement?
Should I use make or makes in the following statement: Please explain why your experience and qualifications makes you the best candidate for this position
- Should I use make or makes? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
"Makes" is the third-person singular simple present tense of "make", so if a singular thing makes you mad, it repeatedly does so, or does so on an ongoing basis
- grammatical number - Is it makes or make in this sentence . . .
Makes is the correct form of the verb, because the subject of the clause is which and the word which refers back to the act of dominating, not to France, Spain, or Austria The sentence can be rewritten as: The domination throughout history by France, Spain, and Austria alternately over Milan makes it a city full of different cultural influences
- singular vs plural - Make or Makes within a sentence? - English . . .
The formal and traditional answer is makes, because the subject is the singular noun phrase receiving homemade cupcakes In actual speech, and even sometimes in writing, many people say make, under the influence of the more recent plural noun cupcakes I would recommend saying makes, but be prepared to hear make
- relative pronouns - which MAKE or which MAKES - English Language . . .
Regarding the usage of the relative pronoun "which", after it, do you use singular verb or plural? ”Historic buildings enliven the memories of how people lived in the past, which make each country
- What makes. . . and Why is. . . : How different are they?
What makes is asking what thing, condition or feature that is present Why is is asking for a reason, cause or condition behind the observation Both serve the same general meaning, as both are not asking for an accurate or specific explanation Answers are probably not going to reflect the specific meaning of that difference: so it is probably
- Make or Makes for - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
To make for is an idiom with several different meanings In the context of this question, the approximate meaning is 'to produce', 'to represent' or 'to constitute': Raw earthworms make for grim eating = Raw earthworms represent an unpleasant kind of food Dobermans make for great guard dogs = Dobermans have the qualities needed to make them great guard dogs Sowing camomile in your lawn makes
- grammaticality - which MAKE or which MAKES (difficult one) - English . . .
This does not work To rectify the problem, you could include a noun antecedent The issue of makes or make then resolves itself because the grammatical number of the antecedent determines the number of the verb For example: I admire teachers who are knowledgeable and patient, qualities which make their students feel confident
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