Timeline for Agreement in "[Singular Noun] Is/Are [Plural Noun]"?
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| Nov 30 at 16:58 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| May 11, 2021 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1392041804569227264 | ||
| Jan 30, 2017 at 5:41 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | See also Agreement with compound subjects joined by and for cases where singular override may be given to plural-form subjects considered as non-plural entities (eg bacon and eggs is on the menu) ('notional agreement'). | |
| Dec 1, 2016 at 7:02 | history | edited | herisson |
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| Oct 3, 2016 at 20:45 | history | edited | herisson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 8, 2015 at 20:53 | comment | added | Mitch Calvin | I would probably say "My fish's native habitat is in rice fields." But I prefer an earlier answer: "Rice fields are …" | |
| Jan 8, 2015 at 20:50 | answer | added | user50720 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 24, 2011 at 18:15 | history | edited | Jimi Oke |
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| Mar 24, 2011 at 17:08 | comment | added | emragins | @Jimi, Yep. petfish.net/kb/entry/339. Got one the other day and naturally follows lots of research. | |
| Mar 24, 2011 at 17:04 | vote | accept | emragins | ||
| Mar 24, 2011 at 16:36 | comment | added | Colin Fine | See also english.stackexchange.com/questions/17588/… | |
| Mar 24, 2011 at 16:26 | comment | added | Jimi Oke | Wait, do certain fish actually live in rice fields?! :) | |
| Mar 24, 2011 at 16:25 | answer | added | Jimi Oke | timeline score: 24 | |
| Mar 24, 2011 at 15:51 | comment | added | Kosmonaut | Just to be picky about terminology, is agrees with habitat. | |
| Mar 24, 2011 at 15:46 | history | asked | emragins | CC BY-SA 2.5 |