Question

wearing t-shirts are not permitted in our college. correct the sentence
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Answer 1

Wearing a t-shirt is not permitted in our college.

Explanation:

• Helping verbs are used to connect the words in a sentence.

• In the present tense "is" and "are" are used to connect to the nouns in the sentence.

• "is" is used for singular nouns and "are" is used for plural nouns.

• Whereas, in the past tense, "was" and "were" are used instead of "is" and "are".

• "was" is used for singular nouns and "were" is used for plural nouns.

Answer 2

Correct sentence:

Wearing t-shirts is not permitted in our college.

Explanation:

• In the given sentence, the verb "is" goes with the verbal noun "wearing." Thus, there is no need to for the usage of plural verb for the noun "t-shirts."
• The noun "t-shirt" defines tee shirt, a types of shirt. The plural form of the noun is t-shirts or tees.
• The sentence can also be written as "wearing of t-shirts are not permitted in our college."