"Why being a tiny country sucks"- is this correct?
m0nsterunderurbed
Is this correct? Or why tiny countries sucks? Does the suck has to have a 's' if countries already has a 's'
12 comments
sics2014â˘
This isn't a complete sentence. It sounds like the title of something, such as an article.
If you're asking a question: "Why do tiny countries suck?"
lionhearted318â˘
Itâs only correct if itâs a title. This isnât a complete sentence.
If you want to say âtiny countriesâ itâd become âwhy tiny countries suckâ without the S.
If you want this to be a full sentence instead of a title, itâd be âwhy does being a tiny country suck?â or âwhy do tiny countries suck?â
oty3â˘
As in âreasons why being a tiny country sucksâ?
If so, sounds all good to me. Not sure why the other comments think itâs wrong.
TigerDeaconChemistâ˘
"Why being a tiny country sucks" would be correct because "sucks" refers back to the gerund "being," which is a verb functioning as a singular noun. This would work as a header to an article or list of complaints about existing in/as a small nation, but NOT as a standalone question.
"Why tiny countries suck" would be the proper way to phrase the second one, because the verb "suck" is referring back to the plural noun "countries." This also has a connotation of someone from a large country mocking smaller ones, as opposed to someone venting about his own country.
Kcufasuâ˘
In general I would say while perhaps not incorrect, the use of the word "sucks" is pretty poor English however it used
coresect23â˘
Why tiny countries = plural countries : suck
Why being a = singular third person : sucks
wbenjamin13â˘
Itâs not a complete sentence so itâs hard to say whether or not itâs âcorrectâ but yes youâd use âsucksâ for a singular noun and âsuckâ for a plural noun.
modulusshiftâ˘
No worries, plural/singular agreement is tricky! Generally, if the subject is plural, the verb *doesn't* have an S. only the subject or the verb needs it, not both. The main exception is if the subject is "I".
The other thing that is tricky about your example, is that the subject is "being", not "country". Think about it, it isn't that the country itself sucks, it's that the country *is small* that sucks. so the "is" is what sucks, which in this example becomes "being". Hope this helps!
Princesssdanyâ˘
I would say you can say this but that there's context missing too
Felix_Fiâ˘
Yep it checks out. Other people here are saying itâs not a complete sentence, which is true, but incomplete sentences can be used for a whole host of things like titles, poetry, even completing someoneâs sentence for them in conversation.
As for the conjugation, the noun you are conjugating isnât really âcountryâ but rather âbeing a tiny country.â The being is what sucks here and itâs a singular instance of being; therefore, it is conjugated as third person singular by adding a âsâ the end of the verb.
EGBTomorrowâ˘
You are missing the main verb or you need to provide more sentence context. Maybe âWhy does being a tiny country suck?â Or âwhy is being a tiny country suckyâ
No-Customer744â˘
Country itself represents a big land mass thus using tiny leads to a hyperbole. This we use the word small country or big country. For the context of sucks we can say that here countries are personified and sucks is being used for the country as a person does it is singular and uses 's'