On May 28, 6:43=A0am, Einde O'Callaghan <einde.ocallag...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Giuseppe Gazerro wrote:
> > "John Hall" <nospam_no...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ha scritto nel messaggio
> >news:WirCaEGX1GPIFwjB@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> In article <483c65df$0$40208$4fafb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >> Giuseppe Gazerro <giuseppegaze...@[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,
sinc=
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> >> 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
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Yes, I agree. It's the name of a painting, so it's The Sunflowers
is.... as stated above.....
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