Hi, I'm writing an English essay and I was wondering which sentence is grammatically correct.

Question

1)The individual rights to speak are taken from John and Mary
or
2) The individual's right to speak are taken from John and Mary

Answer 1

Since "to speak" is one right, the second sentence is the correct one.

Answer 2

The subject in sentence 2 is "right," isn't it? Singular?

Answer 3

Oops -- I missed that!

Answer 4

So, Sara, neither sentence is correct. How will you fix the second sentence?

Answer 5

In sentence2 regard the individual as a singular therefore the verb should be singular so it cant be 'are" The individual's right to speak IS ....