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In the following, I believe the first sentence is the correct one as the verb must follow the subject, which is 'A critical aspect' (thought 'nerdy creatures' is plural) Please let me know if I am mistaken.

A critical aspect that might threaten such achievement is the nerdy creatures.

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A critical aspect that might threaten such achievement are the nerdy creatures.

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  • Is that not the main verb?
    – Andrew Leach ♦
    Commented May 19, 2018 at 11:22
  • yes, edited the question.
    – Median Hilal
    Commented May 19, 2018 at 11:26
  • Um... question title and tags as well, I think. However, this is a duplicate. Editing the title and tags might show a related question in the box in the sidebar.
    – Andrew Leach ♦
    Commented May 19, 2018 at 11:27
  • Honestly, it was hard figuring out the precise tags and title to express the question.
    – Median Hilal
    Commented May 19, 2018 at 11:31
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    Answered at flipping sentences and verb agreement: 'What you are referring to is called subject-complement agreement. When you have a subject and complement that differ in number [ie they would seem to require different verb-forms] [which is not unacceptable per se], the conjugation of the verb is determined by the number of the subject, not the complement.' [@Benjamin Harman]
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Commented May 19, 2018 at 12:34

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