"John Hall" <nospam_nov03@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> In article <483c65df$0$40208$4fafbaef@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Giuseppe Gazerro <giuseppegazerro@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>what is more correct,
>>*The Sunflowers* are Van Gogh's
>>or
>>*The Sunflowers* is Van Gogh's?
>
> If you are referring to the famous painting, then "is" is correct, since
> there is only one painting.
Yes, sure.
The painting *was* painted.
But about *the sunflowerS*?
*Are* they or *is* it painted?
Is *are* plainly wrong?
(that is the question!)
Would you judge
*Who painted the sunflowers?*
*They were painted by Van Gogh*
wrong or *possible*, so as to say?
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till next time take care
Beppe
www.giuseppegazerro.com


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