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To: Claud
The greatest gift ARE siblings? You have a singular subject and a plural "object" connected by "be". You can avoid the problem by pluralizing "gifts" but let's suppose you want to keep it singular.

When one has a linking verb, is there a rule for which word is the subject and which is the predicate nominative? If so, I've never heard it. I just pluralized everything. Hopefully, that will satisfy the grammar gestapo. :-)
25 posted on 08/21/2007 11:54:54 AM PDT by Antoninus (The greatest gifts parents can give their children are siblings.)
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To: Antoninus

I think the one after the verb is the predicate nominative.


27 posted on 08/21/2007 11:57:46 AM PDT by Claud
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