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Unread 01-11-2011, 01:14 AM
David Rosenthal David Rosenthal is offline
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Originally Posted by Richard Meyer View Post
I think the common rule states that when you have two items joined by the conjunction and the verb must be plural in order to have correct subject/verb agreement.
That reminds me, peanut butter and jelly are my favorite kind of sandwich. (Editing in -- Sorry, Richard, not trying to be cute, I guess my smartass impulse took over for a minute.)

To say "To sigh my anguish and to cry my ache" is a noun phrase equivalent to "peanut butter and jelly" may be a stretch, but that is what poetic license is for. I think it gives Andrew enough leeway to do what sounds best.

David R.

Last edited by David Rosenthal; 01-11-2011 at 01:25 AM.
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