College Composition / Unit 4 CMP 0086 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Titles and Words as Words
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The idea
A title, or a word discussed as a word, takes a singular verb even if it looks plural.
In practice
"The Grapes of Wrath is set during the Depression"; "Children is the plural of child."
Where people slip
The title names one work, so treat it as one thing, whatever its last word.
Your place on the trail
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