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Suffer or Suffers ? Is 'suffer' is correct or it should be replaced by 'suffers' ? Some players on the team "suffer" from chronic knee problems and will not play in the next playoff . Replacing suffer by suffers and the sentence would be like : Some players on the team "suffers" from the chronic knee problems and will not play in the next playoff . Which one is correct and why ?I will really appreciate the help . Thanks in advance .
May 20, 2013 10:12 AM
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I suffer We suffer You suffer They suffer Some players on the team suffer Those people suffer He suffers She suffers A player on the team suffers That person suffers
May 20, 2013
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Some players = they, so "they suffer". "The team" is not the subject of the sentence.
May 20, 2013
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Some players on the team "suffer" from chronic knee problems and will not play in the next playoff is the correct one
May 20, 2013
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Abhi
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Arabic (Gulf), English, Hindi, Russian, Spanish
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Arabic (Gulf), English, Russian, Spanish
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