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Message from mohammad51 posted on 14-10-2021 at 00:20:55 (D | E | F)
Hello
I got this sentence somewhere.
Tricky indeed!
So, please help.
Thank you in advance

What is the mistake in the sentence?
Some of the forces that keeps a paper airplane flying keeps the large jets flying in the sky.

I think it is a mistake with subject-V agreement.
The verb ( keeps ) should be ( keep )

But what to do with the second verb; it is also ( keeps) Keeps the large

Hmm , I got it Keeps = forever (Slang); ( adv) '

Suppose my answer is correct. Does the sentence not include a run-on ?

Re: What / mistake from gerondif, posted on 14-10-2021 at 09:31:26 (D | E)
Hello
One of the forces that keep a paper airplane flying keeps the large jets flying in the sky.

Some of the forces that keep a paper airplane flying keep the large jets flying in the sky.

Some,representing a few forces,is plural.

For keeps,for good,for ever.

Re: What / mistake from mohammad51, posted on 14-10-2021 at 11:15:53 (D | E)
Hello
Thank you very much dear teacher gerondif

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