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oristarA
 
Reply Fri 5 Nov, 2010 11:32 pm

There are reasons each of us are born.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sat 6 Nov, 2010 03:58 am
@oristarA,
Second person plural, therefore, "are" . . .
oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 6 Nov, 2010 04:10 am
@Setanta,
Thanks.

But why?
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Roberta
 
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Reply Sat 6 Nov, 2010 04:44 am
@oristarA,
I disagree. The subject is "each"--singular.

The sentence should read:

There are reasons each of us is born.

It would be better if you said:

There are reasons why each of us is born.
oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 6 Nov, 2010 07:13 am
@Roberta,
Right. This can be easily understood.
Miss L Toad
 
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Reply Sat 6 Nov, 2010 11:02 pm
@oristarA,
There are reasons why we are born, this is not one of them.
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