A basic grammar question,?

Question

Don’t be a genius to realize that I am, you are, he or she is. They are very basic grammar knowledge.
But for this sentence that:
You can marry him if your boyfriend are handsome and rich.
Is it correct?
Or I must change “ARE” because “IS” is correct that you can marry him if your boyfriend is handsome and rich.

This is very basic for sure, but I real didn’t know.

By the way, which one is correct about hereunder:
A grammar question of basic.
A question of basic grammar.
A basic grammar question.

Answer 1

The sentence is grammatically incorrect and probably semantically incorrect as well.

If you have one boyfriend but are marrying someone ELSE:

You can marry him if your boyfriend IS handsome and rich.

If you have more than one boyfriend and are still marrying someone else:

You can marry him if your boyfriends are handsome and rich.

But I assume you want to marry the handsome and rich boyfriend you do have. In that case, you really need to refer to him as a boyfriend before you call him "him". Otherwise, the "him" will automatically be taken to mean someone other than the person you later identify.

You can marry your boyfriend if he is handsome and rich.

I would say "a basic grammar question" but "a question of (or about) basic grammar" is fine too. It's the grammar that is basic,. not the question.

Answer 2

ACTUALLY. If you want to be proper about your English. It's neither ARE or IS.

If you want to be strict about your English, in the "prescriptivist" proper way, the answer is BE or WERE.

You see, it's what we call subjunctive. It's almost dead in English, but the verb TO BE still uses it for those who choose to use it. An example might be:
If I were president, I would..... NOT If I was president, I would....

Now the past tense is usually used to show it, but one can use BE itself as a subjunctive marker. No, Subjunctive doesn't change depending on Number. It's all the same.

You can marry him if your boyfriend be handsome and rich. That might sound awkward, so you should rather use WERE.
You can marry him if your boyfriend were handsome and rich.

The other thing is, it's a bit awkward. Unless the pronoun doesn't refer to the boyfriend. I would say either:
If your boyfriend were handsome and rich, you can marry him.
OR
You can marry your boyfriend if he were (or be) handsome and rich.

There are a few cases that need the subjunctive. I can't go over them all now, but you can always come and ask me. However, usually IF clauses need the subjunctive or conditional (could, would, should,).

Answer 3

first "are" is wrong , because " boyfriend " is singular and we are talking about him so we use he : he is.
two : the correct sentence is :
you can marry your boyfriend if he is handsome and rich.
I mean we have to show the subject than using the personal pronoun subject to avoid the reputation.
Remarque : you can marry your boy friend if he is a good person.

Answer 4

You need to change it from "are" to "is" because its a single boyfriend. The answer to your second questions is none of the above. The correct phrase would be "A question on basic grammar".

Answer 5

Grammar is today's way of saying things. Yesterday's grammar is defunct in many cases and tomorrow we will accept another way of putting things. Years ago 'It ain't wrong' was right. Today, ain't is considered vulgar and is mainly written in jest. Concentrate on making your meaning as clear as possible: the reason for the existent of grammatical 'rules'.

Answer 6

It should be ( IS) because a boyfriend remains to the third person of the singular, and then we use (is)

i'd be:
You can marry him if you boyfriend is handsome and rich.

Answer 7

As there is only one boyfriend, the correct sentence would be:

You can marry him if your boyfriend is handsome and rich.

'Are' is only used when the noun is plural.

Answer 8

It has to be changed to IS unless you are talking about multiple boyfriends.

A basic grammar question.

Answer 9

yeah change "are" to "is" because there is only one boyfriend.

The second two are grammatically correct, but the second one is more formal than the third.

Answer 10

Depends on how many BF you have. The third choice on second Q. Or is it second third, third second?