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Subject-verb agreement

by cmdq Tue Nov 19, 2013 5:38 am

OG-verbal review#28:
Eating saltwater fish may significant reduce the risk of heart attacks annd also aid for...
I think the subject of this sentence is "Eating saltwater fish", so it should be singular, but why the answer use the verb "reduce"?
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Re: Subject-verb agreement

by RonPurewal Tue Nov 19, 2013 5:58 am

The verb is "may reduce".