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dear friends:
at the end of <legally blonde>, Elle Woods gives a graduation speech: "On our very first day at Harvard, a very wise professor quoted Aristotle. "The law is reason free from passion." Well, no offense to Aristotle. But in my three years at Harvard, I have come to find that passion is a key ingredient to the study and practice of law and of life. It is with passion, courage of conviction, and strong sense of self that we take our next steps into the world. Remembering that first impressions are not always correct. You must always have faith in people.". i basically get the point, but about the last sentence(Remembering that first impressions are not always correct. ), why use "are" rather than "is", usually we say "Going to paris IS my desire."thanks a lot.
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its used because there are multiple impression. so think of trips (multiple more than 1) to paris ARE my favorite desire,
a trip to paris (singular 1 only) IS my favorite desire
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The grammar is perfectly correct.
"...first impressions(plural) are not always correct."
"Remembering" doesn't begin the statement, as the new statement is marked with "that". So your subject is "first impressions".
In your text, "remembering" is actually a present participle (not a gerund). The line should have been written, "It is with passion, courage of conviction, and strong sense of self that we take our next steps into the world, remembering that first impressions are not always correct."
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impressions 用的是复数
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