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Do you think this sentence is right or not?
"To love and to be loved IS the greatest happiness on earth."
I think IS should be replaced by ARE, because it connect with two things. What do you think about this sentence? Please give me some advises.
2012年3月7日 02:01
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The correct word is "is".
Turn it around this way and the answer is more clear: The greatest happiness on earth is to love and to be loved. Happiness is singular, so we use 'is'.
2012年3月7日
IS...is correct.
2012年3月7日
Thank you so much Joel!
2012年3月7日
I believe the quote by Syndey Smith is actually written like this: 'Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love, and to be loved, is the greatest happiness of existence.' I'm unsure if the grammar is 100% right, but I imagine he wrote it this way on purpose. If 'and to be loved' is only a parenthetical element in this sentence, I don't think the 'is' should be an 'are.' To love (and to be loved) is the greatest happiness of existence. But, I could be totally wrong. Wait until one of the English gurus on italki answers this for you. (*Please give me some advice. Advice is a non-count noun and does not have a plural.)
2012年3月7日
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