Grammar: is/are
How does using a word like including affect concord:
It seems that society as a whole, including doctors, is or are?
Society is singular, but does "including" make a difference?
Top answer
The grammatical subject is 'society'. 'Including' is a subordinator.
- The grammatical subject is 'society'.
- 'Including' is a subordinator.
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The grammatical subject is 'society'. 'Including' is a subordinator.
0bennieboekwurmincluding doctors
This is a present participial phrase functioning as a nonrestrictive modifier of 'society'.
0It seems that society as a whole, including doctors, is / are ...
The parenthetical preposition phrase "including doctors" does not influence verb agreement. The subject of the underlined subordinate clause is the singular "society as a whole", so the verb must be the singular "is".
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