basic subject/verb agreement
In the following sentence: La razon de mi viaje son unos asuntos familiares.
the subject is "la razon" - singular, the verb is "son" - plural; why does the verb DISAGREE with the subject? This should be basic subject/verb agreement but my wife and spanish teacher insist this is correct.
And if the subject and the verb can disagree, what is the rule that technically tells you when this disagreement is acceptable?
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Hmm, this is a very interesting question. I'm not entirely sure if this is the correct explanation for why the plural form of the verb is used, but even though "asuntos familiares" appears to be in the predicate it is the subject of the sentence and "la razón de mi viaje" is the explanation of the subject.
Is this by chance not the complete sentence? Was there an additional part before "...la razón de mi viaje"? A Spanish linguist would be the one to tell you the answer.
