Thus, removing all of the descriptive adjectives and adverbs, this sentence boils down to " Sound is screams . " ( I am not sure, but I think this is called an appositive ? ) Anyway . . . clearly, " sound " is singular and " screams " is plural and " is " is singular.
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Code proponents Haralick and Rips have published an example of a longer, extended ELS, which reads, " Destruction I will call you; cursed is Bin Laden and revenge is to the Messiah " ( though the Hebrew, using appositives in place of to be, lacking helper verbs, and employing definite articles less frequently, would entail far fewer words than the English phrasing ).
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:( after ec ) FWIW, I'd say that-here in New Zealand, at least, but possibly elsewhere-the usual system is to use the appositive you mention but only when the place mentioned is a less well-known one either through importance / " well-knownness " ( wha ? " 23 : 19, 6 November 2009 ( UTC)
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:: : : Now the word " or " is problematic and should be avoided unless the context is clear . ( 1 ) It can mean the inclusive " or " . ( 2 ) It can mean the exclusive " or " . ( 3 ) It can introduce an appositive : " an equilateral triangle, or a triangle with three equal sides " it's not clear to the uninitiated that this means the two parts are synonyms, rather than alternatives ( though the presence or absense of the comma may give a hint as to the writer's intent a comma may signify an appositive, while the absense of a comma may signify alternatives, unless the writer doesn't use commas that way ).
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:: : : Now the word " or " is problematic and should be avoided unless the context is clear . ( 1 ) It can mean the inclusive " or " . ( 2 ) It can mean the exclusive " or " . ( 3 ) It can introduce an appositive : " an equilateral triangle, or a triangle with three equal sides " it's not clear to the uninitiated that this means the two parts are synonyms, rather than alternatives ( though the presence or absense of the comma may give a hint as to the writer's intent a comma may signify an appositive, while the absense of a comma may signify alternatives, unless the writer doesn't use commas that way ).
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:To address the other raised point, re " Charles, Prince of Wales ", even if you ignore the fact that it's a / title /, a'non-restrictive appositive'is where : " the second element parenthetically modifies the first without changing its scope and it is not crucial to the meaning of the sentence . "'Prince of Wales'is a'restrictive appsotive', where : " the second element limits or clarifies the foregoing one in some crucial way & hellip; In English, non-restrictive appositives are typically preceded or set off by commas, while restrictive appositives are not set off by commas . " ( these quotes are from the relevant wikipedia article ) . talk ) 23 : 46, 31 May 2013 ( UTC)
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:To address the other raised point, re " Charles, Prince of Wales ", even if you ignore the fact that it's a / title /, a'non-restrictive appositive'is where : " the second element parenthetically modifies the first without changing its scope and it is not crucial to the meaning of the sentence . "'Prince of Wales'is a'restrictive appsotive', where : " the second element limits or clarifies the foregoing one in some crucial way & hellip; In English, non-restrictive appositives are typically preceded or set off by commas, while restrictive appositives are not set off by commas . " ( these quotes are from the relevant wikipedia article ) . talk ) 23 : 46, 31 May 2013 ( UTC)
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:To address the other raised point, re " Charles, Prince of Wales ", even if you ignore the fact that it's a / title /, a'non-restrictive appositive'is where : " the second element parenthetically modifies the first without changing its scope and it is not crucial to the meaning of the sentence . "'Prince of Wales'is a'restrictive appsotive', where : " the second element limits or clarifies the foregoing one in some crucial way & hellip; In English, non-restrictive appositives are typically preceded or set off by commas, while restrictive appositives are not set off by commas . " ( these quotes are from the relevant wikipedia article ) . talk ) 23 : 46, 31 May 2013 ( UTC)
