Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases

Adam

Hi Shray,

"Rising" is functioning as an adjective here that describes "inventories."

If instead we had something like "The rising of inventories", then we would know that "rising" is being specified as the noun, and is being modified by inventories.

Nov 21, 2015 • Reply

Li Jian Xin

i have a question. why not see "rising inventories‘ as a subject? i mean like this. Swimming in the sea makes people relax. if we see "rising inventories" as a subject, we should use leads instead of lead

Apr 12, 2016 • Reply

Cydney Seigerman, Magoosh Tutor

Hi there :) It turns out that the phrase "rising inventories" is the subject. Because inventories in the plural, the verb must also be in the plural. For that reason, lead is the correct conjugation of the verb :)

Hope this helps!

Apr 15, 2016 • Reply