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The way he structures his sentences make him sound like a 5 year old


way make

I don't understand how this is violating subject verb agreement.

>> No.1309083

way makes

>> No.1309084

yeah, I hate hemingway as well

>> No.1309086

>>1309080
Way is singular and the subject of to make.
Should read:

The way he structures his sentences makeS him sound like a 5 year old.

or


The wayS he structures his sentences make him sound like a 5 year old.

>> No.1309090

>>1309086


Since way is singular, why do I need an S at the end of make?

>> No.1309100

>>1309090
that's just the wayit is

>> No.1309102

>>1309090

Same reason one says "he makes" and "they make".
It's just the way English works.

>> No.1309103

>>1309090
I make
You make
he/she/it makes
We make
You make
they make

third person singular takes an s its verbs conjugate in english

>> No.1309115

>>1309103

Blargh, this.

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1309117

The way in which... makes.