PBS Newshour 3
The world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease has been authorized by Britain’s medicines regulator.
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) November 16, 2023
The move could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K. https://t.co/3G4SYMxDUD
The world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease has been authorized by Britain’s medicines regulator.
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
– What is the subject of this sentence?
The subject of this sentence is the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease.
– Is the subject singular or plural?
The main noun of the noun phrase the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease is treatment.
Treatment can be:
- an uncountable noun (does not have a plural form)
- a countable noun (singular: treatment; plural: treatments)
In this sentence, treatment is an uncountable noun.
We treat uncountable nouns like singular nouns.
We use uncountable nouns with singular verbs.
The world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease has been authorized … (correct)
The world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease have been authorized … (wrong)
TENSES
– What is/are the tense(s) used in this sentence?
The world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease has been authorized by Britain’s medicines regulator.
The world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease has been authorized…
Subject + has been + past participle
This sentence uses the present perfect tense.
ACTIVE vs. PASSIVE
– Is this an active or passive sentence?
The world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease has been authorized by Britain’s medicines regulator.
Subject + has been + past participle
This sentence uses passive voice.
Active voice
Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease.
Passive voice
The world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease has been authorized by Britain’s medicines regulator.
DEPENDENT CLAUSES
– Is there a noun, adjective or adverb clause in this sentence?
No, there isn’t.
The world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease
= subject
has been authorized
= verb
Britain’s medicines regulator.
= object
This sentence only contains 1 independent clause (1 subject + 1 verb).
There is not any dependent clause (noun/adjective/adverb clause) in the sentence.