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Why ‘are’ not ‘is’ in “a paradigm are bulk excitations”?
In the paper you've linked to (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.13504), the first two sentences of the abstract are:
When quasiparticles emerge from
strongly correlated quantum matter, their properties can
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Can "fraction" change between a singular and plural noun depending on the context?
I think it depends on whether it's a fraction of a countable set of objects or a non-countable mass noun. So
A significant fraction of solute molecules are ...
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A significant fraction of the ...
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Using "each" after a plural subject
Correct:
Each of A, B, and C takes one input
A, B, and C take one input each
A, B, and C each take one input
Wrong:
Each of A, B, and C take one input
A, B, and C takes one input each
A, B, and C ...
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Using "each" after a plural subject
It uses the plural verb. You can see it more obviously if you reword slightly:
A, B, and C take one input apiece.
"each" and "apiece" are modifiers that indicate that "one ...
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"He's one of the people who doesn't/don't eat lunch." Which is correct?
Short answer
Either sentence is fine. The notional Subject of the auxiliary verb DO is the plural noun phrase the people. However, in English the word one which occurs earlier in the larger noun ...
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"He's one of the people who doesn't/don't eat lunch." Which is correct?
Q: What is he one of?
A: The people who don’t eat lunch.
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