Except are (aren’t are not) is a linking verb, or at the most intransitive, in
this case and linking verbs or intransitive verbs don’t have direct of indirect
objects. (Mrs. Luce, you would be proud of me… High school freshman english
teacher )
Next?
On Sep 3, 2016, at 9:14 PM, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Verb subject agreement! The subject is " legislation" and it is singular so
the correct verb is "isn't". "Rants" in your sentence is an indirect
object.... Penny is the last word on this. lol FB
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------ Original Message ------
From: Stormy V. Hope
To: Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx, freelist
Sent: September 3, 2016 at 9:09 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: It late, FB games are over
Evidently anti-dog/animal legislation aren’t worth rants.
Fellow grammar police, is that ‘isn’t' or ‘aren’t?’ I’m too tired to go look
it up. The plural is ‘rants,’ but the singular is legislation. :-)
Stormy
On Sep 3, 2016, at 9:01 PM, (Redacted sender "bokenkampgsd1" for DMARC)
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
You are doing a fine job with these rants.....might be hard thinking of
something to get you ranting in the future. Maybe animal legislation? What do
you think Stormy....
Molly
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From: edwinx <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
To: freelist <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Sent: Sat, Sep 3, 2016 11:58 pm
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] It late, FB games are over
What if we all woke up on NOV 9th the day after the National election and we
were told who the Nation's new president was but there was no news about what
states voted for who! We were just told that a vote was held and the results
are secret and the government wanted you to accept it and move on! Didn't
that just happen in the GSDC of St Louis? Keep your pants on everybody, I'm
almost out! Won't you miss my Rants! lol. Goodnight Johnny! EdwinX
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