singular/plural
"a surprisingly large proportion of mistake seem to have had their origins in the writer's failure to understand whether the items being discussed in a sentence are singular or plural"
shouldn't it be: " a large proportion of mistakes seemS to.." ?
isn't "a large proportion" singular?
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singular/plural
"a surprisingly large proportion of mistakeS seem to have had their origin(s) in the writer's failure to understand whether the items being discussed in a sentence are singular or plural"
shouldn't it be: " a large proportion of mistakes seemS to.." ?
MISTAKES is correct
isn't "a large proportion" singular? YES ...
SO...
A large proportion seemS to have IT'S origin
but if the phrase was pleural (or a number) then it would be
eg SEVERAL seem to have THEIR origin
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exactly Ganesh! but I'm not sure.
No one answers.. no one knows it!
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I think you are right. One more change should be "to have had its origin"
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