Ten years are a long time to spend in jail.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: Ten years are a long time to spend in jail.

Correct: Ten years is a long time to spend in jail.

GRAMMAR: When the subject is a period of time, the verb is singular.

WORD OF THE DAY:

all-nighter

When we refer to a person as an 'all-nighter', what we mean is that he is someone who stays awake all night.
Ex: Rahul said that the party would be an all-nighter.



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