I believe that gossip can be quite powerful if people are stupid enough to believe in them. Gossip can ruin somebody's reputation, regardless of the fact whether they are true or not - once people hear something bad or juicy about someone, they won't care much whether it really happened or not, but will rather judge that person based on that particular rumor. Sometimes rumors are based on true events, but most of the times they are not - mostly they are just sparked by someone who is jealous of that particular person and wants them to suffer.
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because at point the speaker is getting emotional
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Answer is in the explanation.
Explanation:
In grammatically correct sentences, subject and verb must agree in person (first, second, third) and in number (singular, plural). The given passage has three disagreements:
1) ...<em>the fate of the diamond were unknown</em>...
Since <em>the fate</em> is third-person singular it needs to be followed by a verb <em>was
</em>
2) <em>neither men or conflict have dimmed...
</em>
It is a general rule that when we have a neither/nor (either/or) construction, the verb agrees with the closest subject ( in this case<em> the conflict</em>) which is in the third person singular, so it needs to be followed by the verb<em> has</em>
3) ... <em>the twin eighty-year-old brothers suggests.</em>..
The subject here is<em> the twin brothers</em> (they) which is third person plural, so the following verb must be <em>suggest</em>
