'What I have presented is the first steps' or 'What I have presented are the first steps'
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Which is correct:
'What I have presented is the first steps'
or
'What I have presented are the first steps'?
The issues is what counts as the subject of the verb: the relative 'What' (= is), or the plural noun 'steps' (=are).
Thanks for any help!
verbs relative-pronouns be
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Which is correct:
'What I have presented is the first steps'
or
'What I have presented are the first steps'?
The issues is what counts as the subject of the verb: the relative 'What' (= is), or the plural noun 'steps' (=are).
Thanks for any help!
verbs relative-pronouns be
asked May 27 at 16:48
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Which is correct:
'What I have presented is the first steps'
or
'What I have presented are the first steps'?
The issues is what counts as the subject of the verb: the relative 'What' (= is), or the plural noun 'steps' (=are).
Thanks for any help!
verbs relative-pronouns be
asked May 27 at 16:48
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Which is correct:
'What I have presented is the first steps'
or
'What I have presented are the first steps'?
The issues is what counts as the subject of the verb: the relative 'What' (= is), or the plural noun 'steps' (=are).
Thanks for any help!
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The subject is the relative pronoun "what," but in this case it must take a plural verb to agree with "steps."
What I have presented are the first steps.
The same holds if you invert the sentence:
The first steps are what I have presented.
To further clarify, the sentence also doesn't make sense at all if "what" is substituted for a singular noun. You wouldn't for example, say, "the book is the first steps" or "the book are the first steps." Using "to be" forces the subject and object to agree in number.
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The subject is the relative pronoun "what," but in this case it must take a plural verb to agree with "steps."
What I have presented are the first steps.
The same holds if you invert the sentence:
The first steps are what I have presented.
To further clarify, the sentence also doesn't make sense at all if "what" is substituted for a singular noun. You wouldn't for example, say, "the book is the first steps" or "the book are the first steps." Using "to be" forces the subject and object to agree in number.
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The subject is the relative pronoun "what," but in this case it must take a plural verb to agree with "steps."
What I have presented are the first steps.
The same holds if you invert the sentence:
The first steps are what I have presented.
To further clarify, the sentence also doesn't make sense at all if "what" is substituted for a singular noun. You wouldn't for example, say, "the book is the first steps" or "the book are the first steps." Using "to be" forces the subject and object to agree in number.
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The subject is the relative pronoun "what," but in this case it must take a plural verb to agree with "steps."
What I have presented are the first steps.
The same holds if you invert the sentence:
The first steps are what I have presented.
To further clarify, the sentence also doesn't make sense at all if "what" is substituted for a singular noun. You wouldn't for example, say, "the book is the first steps" or "the book are the first steps." Using "to be" forces the subject and object to agree in number.
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The subject is the relative pronoun "what," but in this case it must take a plural verb to agree with "steps."
What I have presented are the first steps.
The same holds if you invert the sentence:
The first steps are what I have presented.
To further clarify, the sentence also doesn't make sense at all if "what" is substituted for a singular noun. You wouldn't for example, say, "the book is the first steps" or "the book are the first steps." Using "to be" forces the subject and object to agree in number.
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