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Discussion Groups / British English / June 2008The Sunflowers
Friends, I'm new here so, first things first, hi to everyone. :) I'm an English (as a foreign language) teacher and I wanted to submit you a question: what is more correct, *The Sunflowers* are Van Gogh's or *The Sunflowers* is Van Gogh's? (I won't tell you what I think before reading some answers :) Thanks in advance  Signaturetill next time take care Beppe www.giuseppegazerro.com >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. SignatureJohn Hall "Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do." Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) >> what is more correct, >> *The Sunflowers* are Van Gogh's [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > If you are referring to the famous painting, then "is" is correct, since > there is only one painting. I agree here, but I would also add that it would be more idiomatic to say: "*The Sunflowers* is by Van Gogh." Regards, Einde O'Callaghan >>what is more correct, >>*The Sunflowers* are Van Gogh's [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 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? Signaturetill next time take care Beppe www.giuseppegazerro.com >>> what is more correct, >>> *The Sunflowers* are Van Gogh's [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > *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. On May 28, 6:43 am, Einde O'Callaghan <einde.ocallag...@planet- interkom.de> wrote: > >> In article <483c65df$0$40208$4fafb...@reader5.news.tin.it>, > >>> what is more correct, [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Yes, I agree. It's the name of a painting, so it's The Sunflowers is.... as stated above..... >Would you judge >*Who painted the sunflowers?* >*They were painted by Van Gogh* >wrong or *possible*, so as to say? If you pointed to a bunch of flowers in the garden, you could say: "Who painted the sunflowers?" "They were painted by Van Gogh." However if you were referring to the painting, it would be: "Who painted 'The Sunflowers'?" "It [the picture] was painted by Van Gogh." SignatureJohn Hall "Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do." Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) |
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