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  1. Having to walk the dogs drives me crazy.

  2. Walking the dogs drives me crazy.


In the first sentence, what is the subject? What would the correct verb tense (drive or drives) be for this sentence?



In the second sentence, it seems that "walking" is a gerund and also the subject of the sentence. Since "walking" is singular, the verb would be "drives." Is this correct?



I am a native English speaker, but I was never taught what to do in situations like these. I would like some clarification for future writing. Thank you.






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    In the first sentence, it's having to walk the dogs. (Or being required to walk the dogs or simply [that] requirement.) It's singular and should be drives.
    – Jason Bassford
    2 days ago










  • That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
    – Ben
    2 days ago






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    In both cases, the non-finite clause is subject: "having to walk the dog" and "walking the dogs". Non-finite clause subjects take singular agreement, so "drives" is correct.
    – BillJ
    2 days ago










  • Possible duplicate of Making adult decisions "is" or "are" really not fun: Which is correct?
    – sumelic
    2 days ago










  • See also “Doing such stunts ARE punishable” or “Doing such stunts IS punishable”?
    – sumelic
    2 days ago


















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  1. Having to walk the dogs drives me crazy.

  2. Walking the dogs drives me crazy.


In the first sentence, what is the subject? What would the correct verb tense (drive or drives) be for this sentence?



In the second sentence, it seems that "walking" is a gerund and also the subject of the sentence. Since "walking" is singular, the verb would be "drives." Is this correct?



I am a native English speaker, but I was never taught what to do in situations like these. I would like some clarification for future writing. Thank you.






grammar american-english







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put on hold as off-topic by Kris, sumelic, tmgr, Chenmunka, Skooba yesterday


This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:


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    In the first sentence, it's having to walk the dogs. (Or being required to walk the dogs or simply [that] requirement.) It's singular and should be drives.
    – Jason Bassford
    2 days ago










  • That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
    – Ben
    2 days ago






  • 1




    In both cases, the non-finite clause is subject: "having to walk the dog" and "walking the dogs". Non-finite clause subjects take singular agreement, so "drives" is correct.
    – BillJ
    2 days ago










  • Possible duplicate of Making adult decisions "is" or "are" really not fun: Which is correct?
    – sumelic
    2 days ago










  • See also “Doing such stunts ARE punishable” or “Doing such stunts IS punishable”?
    – sumelic
    2 days ago
















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  1. Having to walk the dogs drives me crazy.

  2. Walking the dogs drives me crazy.


In the first sentence, what is the subject? What would the correct verb tense (drive or drives) be for this sentence?



In the second sentence, it seems that "walking" is a gerund and also the subject of the sentence. Since "walking" is singular, the verb would be "drives." Is this correct?



I am a native English speaker, but I was never taught what to do in situations like these. I would like some clarification for future writing. Thank you.






grammar american-english







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  1. Having to walk the dogs drives me crazy.

  2. Walking the dogs drives me crazy.


In the first sentence, what is the subject? What would the correct verb tense (drive or drives) be for this sentence?



In the second sentence, it seems that "walking" is a gerund and also the subject of the sentence. Since "walking" is singular, the verb would be "drives." Is this correct?



I am a native English speaker, but I was never taught what to do in situations like these. I would like some clarification for future writing. Thank you.






grammar american-english




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  • 2




    In the first sentence, it's having to walk the dogs. (Or being required to walk the dogs or simply [that] requirement.) It's singular and should be drives.
    – Jason Bassford
    2 days ago










  • That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
    – Ben
    2 days ago






  • 1




    In both cases, the non-finite clause is subject: "having to walk the dog" and "walking the dogs". Non-finite clause subjects take singular agreement, so "drives" is correct.
    – BillJ
    2 days ago










  • Possible duplicate of Making adult decisions "is" or "are" really not fun: Which is correct?
    – sumelic
    2 days ago










  • See also “Doing such stunts ARE punishable” or “Doing such stunts IS punishable”?
    – sumelic
    2 days ago
















  • 2




    In the first sentence, it's having to walk the dogs. (Or being required to walk the dogs or simply [that] requirement.) It's singular and should be drives.
    – Jason Bassford
    2 days ago










  • That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
    – Ben
    2 days ago






  • 1




    In both cases, the non-finite clause is subject: "having to walk the dog" and "walking the dogs". Non-finite clause subjects take singular agreement, so "drives" is correct.
    – BillJ
    2 days ago










  • Possible duplicate of Making adult decisions "is" or "are" really not fun: Which is correct?
    – sumelic
    2 days ago










  • See also “Doing such stunts ARE punishable” or “Doing such stunts IS punishable”?
    – sumelic
    2 days ago










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In the first sentence, it's having to walk the dogs. (Or being required to walk the dogs or simply [that] requirement.) It's singular and should be drives.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago




In the first sentence, it's having to walk the dogs. (Or being required to walk the dogs or simply [that] requirement.) It's singular and should be drives.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago












That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
– Ben
2 days ago




That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
– Ben
2 days ago




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In both cases, the non-finite clause is subject: "having to walk the dog" and "walking the dogs". Non-finite clause subjects take singular agreement, so "drives" is correct.
– BillJ
2 days ago




In both cases, the non-finite clause is subject: "having to walk the dog" and "walking the dogs". Non-finite clause subjects take singular agreement, so "drives" is correct.
– BillJ
2 days ago












Possible duplicate of Making adult decisions "is" or "are" really not fun: Which is correct?
– sumelic
2 days ago




Possible duplicate of Making adult decisions "is" or "are" really not fun: Which is correct?
– sumelic
2 days ago












See also “Doing such stunts ARE punishable” or “Doing such stunts IS punishable”?
– sumelic
2 days ago






See also “Doing such stunts ARE punishable” or “Doing such stunts IS punishable”?
– sumelic
2 days ago












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