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Sentence #1429773

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 halfb1t halfb1t December 12, 2012 December 12, 2012 at 10:34:03 AM UTC link Permalink

I'd say "pride is," but argument may be possible.

MrShoval MrShoval December 19, 2012 December 19, 2012 at 9:42:25 PM UTC link Permalink

The "pride is" variant is here:
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/1819484

halfb1t halfb1t December 20, 2012 December 20, 2012 at 2:13:12 AM UTC link Permalink

Should these not be linked? The meaning is the same.

The argument that this sentence is ungrammatical, while "Its museums are the pride of New York" is correct, is summarized in the following (slightly edited) extract from the Wikipedia "Copula" article:

... in English the copula normally agrees with the preceding phrase, even if it is not logically the subject, as in "The cause of the riot is [not 'are'] these pictures of the wall." Compare Italian "La causa della rivolta sono ['are', not 'è=is'] queste foto del muro."

The classic counterexample comes from the King James Version of the Bible: "The wages of sin is death." The usual explanation is that "death" is closer to the copula than "wages", and this sentence has been cited as an example of synesis;
but the strict definition of synesis (a word that dates from the 1880's) seems not to apply.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #931143Dumą Nowego Jorku są muzea..

The pride of New York are its museums.

added by MrShoval, February 11, 2012
➜ #931143Dumą Nowego Jorku są muzea.

linked by MrShoval, February 11, 2012
➜ #2520586O orgulho de Nova Iorque são seus museus.

linked by Ctrl_Alt_Del, June 24, 2013
➜ #4834317New York'un gururu, müzeleridir.

linked by deyta, January 15, 2016