Q: In a New York Times article about singer Michael Jackson and his fight with Sony Music

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Q: In a New York Times article about singer Michael Jackson and his fight with Sony Music Group, I saw this sentence:

Owning those rights are valuable because once Mr. Jackson owns them outright, he does not have to split royalty payments with Sony as he does now. It seems to me the phrase owning those rights is singular and the verb should be is. Am I right?

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Business English

ISBN: 9780324789751

10th Edition

Authors: Mary Ellen Guffey, Carolyn M. Seefer

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