Is there an agreement between the words before and after ' such as '
Hello everyone,
I've come across a sentence in a book that made me confused whether it's right or not! Well, having known about agreements, I think it should be " advantages such as these suggest that ...". The whole sentence is that:
It also must have helped strengthen group identity, making each family or group stronger and more cohesive. Advantages such as this suggest that...
As I know, advantages is plural and because of that there must be "these " instead if "this".
Thank you very much for answering in advance.
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You are right that it should agree, but with what? In this case, it is the specific example that you have already mentioned - 'it'. (whatever did the strengthening).
Think about rephrasing it:
Bob helped strengthen the family. People such as him should be commended. We obviously use 'him' rather than 'them'.
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The sentence is perfectly correct! You need to look at it in two parts:
"Advantages... suggest that -" (this is consistent)
"...such as this" refers to whatever "it" is in the earlier sentences. It has nothing to do with the plural subject "advantages".
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I agree with you. I believe it is technically incorrect but it's a common thing that native speakers do. For example, another common error that native speakers do very often is using "there is" when he/she should be using "there are". It seems to me that it has become accepted.
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