Nov 13, 2021 21:42
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English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Basic English grammar. Verb + subject agreement
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“The court finds the conservatorship of Britney Jean Spears is no longer required," Penny said. "Effective the conservatorship of Britney Jean Spears person and estate are is terminated."

it is quoted from this site:

https://www.today.com/popculture/popculture/britney-spears-c...
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5 +6 is
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Nov 14, 2021 01:10: writeaway changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "Basic English grammar. Verb + subject agreement"

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Non-PRO (1): Yvonne Gallagher

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Discussion

Arabic & More Nov 13, 2021:
@jyuan_us It looks like the editor of this article had a bad day. The wording of the quote appears differently elsewhere, such as here:

"Effective today, the conservatorship of Britney Jean Spears, the person and the estate, is hereby terminated," the judge said.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/britney-spears-conservat...

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"effective [today] the conservatorship... is terminated". It's the (singular) conservatorship that's terminated, not the (plural) person and estate.
Peer comment(s):

agree Arabic & More
1 hr
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agree philgoddard
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agree Yvonne Gallagher : yes, correct wording in Dbox
2 hrs
Thanks, Yvonne!
agree David Hollywood : is
4 hrs
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agree AllegroTrans
19 hrs
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agree Tina Vonhof (X)
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