Please qualify your answer
2006-10-28 09:23:52 · 14 answers · asked by stupidity_of_pride 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Although many times we may hear sentences like this both ways, the correct way to say it would be "The color of his eyes is changing." If you break down the sentence, you will see that the subject is color. In this case, color is not plural, and because of this it must take third person (he, she, it) which is in English, "is." If the sentence were to be "The colors of his eyes . . . " the verb would be "are," being that colors implies more than one and is not singular in this example.
2006-10-28 09:33:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I hear North American accents around me all the time -- and what they are speaking is not what I was brought up to regard as English. They speak a separate language. Let it be called by another name! As you say, it could be termed "American".
2016-05-22 03:36:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Americans may spell the word color differently, but it's still singular. "The color of his eyes is changing."
2006-10-28 09:38:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The color is. Subject, is color. Of his eyes, preposition
IS
2006-10-28 09:27:18 · answer #4 · answered by mertyce g 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You would say "The colour of his eyes IS changing", because you are talking about the colour, which is singular.
But you could also say "His eyes ARE changing colour", because you are talking about his eyes, which is plural.
Isn't English confusing?
2006-10-28 12:33:21 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is .. you are talking about the color, not the eyes
2006-10-28 09:29:49 · answer #6 · answered by florence g 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
IS changing because the verb is related to the noun "color" which is singular.
2006-10-28 09:31:58 · answer #7 · answered by Magnetic 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In any variety of English, the colo(u)r of his eyes IS changing, because you're saying that 'the colo(u)r' is changing. Colo(u)r is singular, it takes a singular verb.
2006-10-28 09:27:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
"The color IS," unless each eye is a different color.
2006-10-28 15:23:36 · answer #9 · answered by Oghma Gem 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The color of his eyes" is the complex subject of the sentence.
The basic subject is "the color" which is singular.
"Is" is the helping verb used for singular subjects
IS
2006-10-28 09:27:07 · answer #10 · answered by DonSoze 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋