A few days ago
is it “is” or “are”?
not even the greatest of dogs is/are funny
ignore the context of the sentence
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it’s is because its “greatest’ thats the focus not “dogs’
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Not even the greatest dogs are funny
Not even the greatest of dogs is funny
the adjunct ‘of’ refers to the singular ‘greatest’ leaving it out gives priority to ‘dogs’ plural
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A few days ago
The “number,” which determines the plurality of the predicate nominative, is singular. The word “greatest” is the subject of the clause. It is singular, not plural, and is modified by the prepositional phrase “of dogs.”
Therefore, the correct answer is IS.
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A few days ago
It would be “is”. Think of it as “Not even the greatest dog of all dogs is funny.”
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Are, because it is about more than one dog.
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it can go either way because dogs doesnt end in a,e,i,o,u but i think your 2’d grade teacher or what ever 😉 will mostly like are
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are, because there’s more than one dog.
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Is. Definitely.
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I think it should be “is”… bcos there is only one greatest.
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Are Say it out-loud.
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