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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

A of B is/are

1. One of the students in this classroom is very sleepy.
2. Most of the students in this classroom are very smart.
3. Most of his house was burnt down.
4. The effects of all this caffeine continue/continues until late at night.

Q) Which verb in #4 is correct?
  

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moon7296 Q) Which verb in #4 is correct? continue

  • moon7296 Q) Which verb in #4 is correct?
  • continue
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moon7296Q) Which verb in #4 is correct?
effects...continue
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Hi,
Yeah. my intuition also tells "continue" is the choice.
But I asked a native American speaker and she says "continues."
Are the two options are accepted but more people choose the former?
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No, "continues" is not acceptable in that sentence.

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