Subject verb agreement - SC guide

[tim]

that line you quote contains a mostly pronouns that are actually treated as plural. remember, "most" does not mean "always".. :)

[prepp]

hehe.. sure :)
Thanks for the clarification and your explanations!
It helps provide a solid foundation..

that line you quote contains a mostly pronouns that are actually treated as plural. remember, "most" does not mean "always".. :)

[tim]

no problem..

[rte.sushil]

you should not be talking about verbs here at all. "rising" is not a verb in this example, so any discussion of transitive/intransitive or direct objects is irrelevant..

sc-pronoun-ambiguity-because-t6532.html

in the above link, plural or singular for rising is decided based on transitive or intransitive verb.

Rising Interest rates is a worrisome sign for the economy
or
Rising Interest rates are a worrisome sign for the economy
it's plural.
"rising" is an adjective describing interest rates.
in fact, "rising" can't take a direct object, so this must be the case even if you don't understand the sentence at all.

declining interest rates are making it harder to make money from investments. --> here, "declining" is an adjective describing "interest rates". since "interest rates" is the core noun, we go plural.

declining dinner invitations is not good for your networking ability. --> here, "declining dinner invitations" is a noun phrase. "declining" acts as a gerund (noun-type "ing"), and "dinner invitations" is the direct object.
NOTE: this type of construction is impossible for "rising", which can't take direct objects, so your job there is easier.

So can i say that if the verb is intransistive then it will not act as adjective and the singular/plural will be decided based on noun (as in interest rates), hence rising interest rate/rates is always singular(rate)/plural(rates)

[Willy]

rte.sushil, the link you have provided above isn't working. Can you please again check the link?

[jnelson0612]

rte.sushil, the link you have provided above isn't working. Can you please again check the link?

It doesn't work for me either, and I can't seem to find the original material. rte.sushil, if you are still around please repost, thanks!