Is/are

Xinfu · #1 June 26, 2015, 03:02 AM

P.109-That pretty girl with the chestnut hair and the appalling mother in the turban is almost the only young creature in the place.

Why is/creature, not are/creatures?

**Rusty** · #2 June 26, 2015, 03:29 PM

The subject of the sentence is the 'girl'. The 'and' you highlighted is introducing a second prepositional object. Take out the prepositional clauses (starting with 'with' and ending with 'turban') and you'll see that 'girl' is followed by 'is'.

Xinfu · #3 June 27, 2015, 06:44 AM

Good answer. Thank you.

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