italki - "These time is gone" - is this phrase correct? I mean that "these" is plural, but "time" and "is" ar

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Liza

"These time is gone" - is this phrase correct? I mean that "these" is plural, but "time" and "is" are singular. If it is correct, is there any rule explaining this phenomenon? Thx)Ah, I'm sorry... The full context was: "These Time is Gone lyrics are performed by Smoking Popes", and "these" refers to "lyrics", not to "time"... I got the phrase wrong. Now the question is closed.

26 lug 2011 03:26

Risposte · 7

Nope, that's not correct. It could be correct either as: This time is gone. or These times are gone.

26 luglio 2011

How in this sentence you means more than "one time" thus you should use plural "are" and plural in "time" too, getting: "These times are gone" Whenever you are using These or Those you'll use "are", and whenever you are using This or That you'll use "is".

26 luglio 2011

You would say "These times are gone" "Times" (plural) refers to an era, or extended period of time. "We live in troubled times." "These are the times that try men's souls." "This time" would be used for a single instance. "I tried twice before and failed, but this time I succeeded."

26 luglio 2011

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