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Grammar Help! Adobe Photoshop, coupled with Adobe Illustrator, make it possible to get the job done? or makes?

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hoihtah

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please help me settle this debate... at my office. 🙂

Adobe Photoshop, coupled with hoihtah's add-on effects, make it possible to get the job done efficiently.

forget about the bad sentense structure...
and its ackwardness.

but should it read make or makes it possible.

is the subject of the sentense above singular or plural?

How about if the sentense read...

Adobe Photoshop, coupled with Adobe Premiere, make it possible to get the job done efficiently.

does it make any difference?
 
It should be makes.

Which sounds right,

Adobe Photoshop . . . make it possible to get the job done efficiently.

or

Adobe Photoshop . . . makes it possible to get the job done efficiently.
 
The "coupled with hoihtah's add-on effects" part of the sentence can be omitted and still exist independently as a sentence. I forget what those modifying phrases are called. So since "Photoshop" is a singular noun, the verb should also be singular, so the correct form is "makes". 🙂
 
any english majors or teachers out there?

editors? hehe

i'm arguing that it should be makes...
but my manager seems to disagree.
 


<< I am fairly sure it is 'makes'. >>


Correct.

Just so you have a better idea, take out the ",coupled with hoihtah's add-on effects,". See?
 
makes...you're talking about photoshop...or the coupling...

Now, if you said photoshop and hoihtah--coupled with each other--...

then, you'd want make
 
would it make any difference if the sentense said...

adobe photoshop, coupled with adobe illustrator, make it possible to get the job done efficiently.

do you guys still think that it should be makes?
 
the answer without a shadow of a doubt is makes

between the commas is basically just an adjective and can be ingored, the sentence is then:

Adobe Photoshop makes it possible to get the job done efficiently
 


<< The "coupled with hoihtah's add-on effects" part of the sentence can be omitted and still exist independently as a sentence. I forget what those modifying phrases are called. So since "Photoshop" is a singular noun, the verb should also be singular, so the correct form is "makes". >>


It's been a while since I've been in an English class, but I think this phrase is called a "gerund".
 


<< would it make any difference if the sentense said...

adobe photoshop, coupled with adobe illustrator, make it possible to get the job done efficiently.

do you guys still think that it should be makes? >>


not think, know. i was the editor in chief of the yearbook. you can trust me. it's makes
 


<< would it make any difference if the sentense said...

adobe photoshop, coupled with adobe illustrator, make it possible to get the job done efficiently.

do you guys still think that it should be makes? >>



It should still be makes.

If the sentence read "adobe photoshop and adobe illustrator make it possible to get the job done efficiently," then it would just be make.
 
not that i doubt you guys on this...
'cause i think it should be makes as well... (singular)

but is there a website or some place where i might be able to get a proof of this?
 
Link

Not a perfect website by a longshot, but it has to do with rule #1, subject verb agreement.

The subject is Adobe Photoshop, the verb is make(s), thus Adobe Photoshop makes, not make.

Replace the subject with "It" and you get "It makes" as opposed to "It make."

<Edit> Look up subject verb agreement on Yahoo or Google, that should help.
 


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<< but my manager seems to disagree. >>



Your manager is wrong. 😛 >>

Not only that, but you can tell him that 80,000 people think he's a dumbfvck.
 


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<< The "coupled with hoihtah's add-on effects" part of the sentence can be omitted and still exist independently as a sentence. I forget what those modifying phrases are called. So since "Photoshop" is a singular noun, the verb should also be singular, so the correct form is "makes". >>


It's been a while since I've been in an English class, but I think this phrase is called a "gerund". >>

It's been a while for me too but I looked up gerund and it refers to an -ing verb acting as a noun, as in "Neffing is great!" Neffing acts like a noun. I think maybe those modifying phrases are called "subordinate clauses"?
 
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