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usage of words like 'meets', 'eats'

'two boys meets one evening and plays scrabble all night' is this phrase grammatically incorrect? Could you explain why it is wrong?

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usage of words like 'meets', 'eats'

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Mar 30, 2011

Simple present tense
by: Ola Zur

Well, no. ;)

Here is the corrected version:
"Two boys meets one evening and plays scrabble all night."

Here is why:
This sentence is in the simple present tense, and on this tense you add S to a verb only for HE/SHE/IT.

Examples:

Correct: Lisa buys hats.
Correct: They buy hats.

Incorrect: Lisa buy hats.
Incorrect: They buys hats.

For more details and examples visit the Simple Present Rules section of my website.

Ola Zur is the editor of www.really-learn-english.com, an illustrated guide to English.

Mar 24, 2011

usage of words like 'meets', 'eats'
by: Majid

Hello

I think the sentence should be corrected as following:

Two boys meet (each other) one evening and play scrabble all night.

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