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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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A number of birds IS or ARE flying

I think "are" should be the choice, but is there any situations where "is" should be used instead?
  

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Yep, "are". , so it's natural to use "are" after it.

— Kooyeen

  • Yep, "are".
  • , so it's natural to use "are" after it.
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Yep, "are". Emotion: smile
You would use "is" if you had something like "The number of birds is smaller than the number of rats, so..."
Bu
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It's almost always like this:
A number of ... are ...
The number of ... is ...

CJ
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