Giuseppe Gazerro wrote:
> "John Hall" <nospam_nov03@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:WirCaEGX1GPIFwjB@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> In article <483c65df$0$40208$4fafbaef@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> Giuseppe Gazerro <giuseppegazerro@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>> what is more correct,
>>> *The Sunflowers* are Van Gogh's
>>> or
>>> *The Sunflowers* is Van Gogh's?
>> If you are referring to the famous painting, then "is" is correct,
since
>> there is only one painting.
>
>
> Yes, sure.
> The painting *was* painted.
> But about *the sunflowerS*?
> *Are* they or *is* it painted?
>
> Is *are* plainly wrong?
> (that is the question!)
> Would you judge
> *Who painted the sunflowers?*
> *They were painted by Van Gogh*
> wrong or *possible*, so as to say?
>
Using "are" is wrong - if it's the title of the painting. If you are
talking about the subject of the painting as such (not the title) then I
could imagine a sentence "The sunflowers were painted by Van Gogh".
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
P.S. I'm cross-posting since you posted this question in at least 2
newsgroups.
