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Use of the singular or plural "is" or "are" in ambiguous situations [duplicate]
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[Singular] Is/Are [Plural]?
In this sentence:
The only exception are questions that are narrow enough that they can
be reasonably answered definitively with one or two ...
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Is it grammatical to say "My favorite food is apples"? [duplicate]
Is it grammatical to say "My favorite food is apples"? If not, is there a similar language structure that begins with the words "My favorite food" that I could use to explain this? Perhaps it would be ...
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Is it correct to say: These are not homework? [duplicate]
A teacher sent home a list of assignments with a cover letter explaining, "These are not homework."
"This is not homework," or "These pages are not homework," sound equally normal to me, but "These ...
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In special cases, can you use "one such family are" vs. "one such family is"? [duplicate]
Is it correct to say "one such family are..." as opposed to "one such family is..." in some circumstances?
Say, for instance, as used in this article on gene families:
[...] One such family are ...
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My favorite animal are dogs [duplicate]
My favorite animal are dogs.
Is this acceptable?
I believe this is ok because I see "animal" as one species and "dogs" as the variety of breeds.
Of course, the best answer would be "my favorite ...
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The first and most well-known example is/are the reserves in the United States [duplicate]
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[Singular] Is/Are [Plural]?
Should the verb be is or are? I would say 'are', but a colleague says 'is'.
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'Was' or 'were' with 'period' & 'eleven years' [duplicate]
I was reading a letter I got from an old friend, back in 1998, and at a certain point she wrote:
"Our period of greatest prosperity were those eleven years when Thatcher was in office."
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"Beans is our only option" or "Beans are our only option"— which is correct? [duplicate]
This sentence is in the context of dinner.
Beans is/are our only option
I'm confused as to whether "is" or "are" is necessary in this construct.
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Can "is" be used with plural nouns? [duplicate]
I'm creating a short slogan describing a website's functions. The website consists of a photos storage function plus discussion boards. This is an attempt to put it shortly:
Example.com is photos ...
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Was vs were in "Today's lunch was sandwiches" [duplicate]
I was told the sentence "Today's lunch was sandwiches", should be "Today's lunch were sandwiches", but I don't think this is correct.
However, when I switch the order I end up with this:
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Which sentence is correct and why (is VS are) [duplicate]
"The only thing holding me back is the available colours."
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"The only thing holding me back are the available colours."
It seems to me like a glitch either way. I slightly favour the second one ...
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"First part are [plural]", or "first part is [plural]"? [duplicate]
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[Singular] Is/Are [Plural]?
I'm currently writing my master thesis on Bitcoin and I'm not sure which version of this sentence is correct:
"The first most important part of ...
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Can you put the article ‘a’ after the verb ‘are’? [duplicate]
So, I just read an article, and was confused by the sentence:
In the study we just described, we found evidence that people’s self-discerning reflections — musings on whether parts of their ...
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Correct usage of "is" or "are" in this sentence [duplicate]
Which is the correct usage?
Another thing to consider is your search results.
Another thing to consider are your search results.
Thanks!
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Is / Are: subject or object [duplicate]
While working on the draft of a blog post, we've come across this dilemma and, since we're all non-native speakers, we didn't come to a consensus:
Our focus are/is projects that...
We're split ...
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