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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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A new variety of canna flowers have been discovered by the botanist.
  

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Anonymous A new variety of canna flowers have been discovered by the botanist. "Variety" is the subject of the sentence, and is singular. A new variety has been discovered ..

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  • Anonymous A new variety of canna flowers have been discovered by the botanist.
  • "Variety" is the subject of the sentence, and is singular.
  • A new variety has been discovered ..
  • I think in this case "flowers" may be singular or plural, dependinging on whether"canna flower" is the usual collocation.
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AnonymousA new variety of canna flowers have been discovered by the botanist.
"Variety" is the subject of the sentence, and is singular. A new variety has been discovered..

I think in this case "flowers" may be singular or plural,
dependinging on whether"canna flower" is the usual collocation.
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