is

No, it is one series. Nevertheless, I concede that are may be used by some speakers who conceive of the several seminars rather than the single series.

Well, may i ask what's the difference between "a series of seminars" and " several seminars", that they are more than one seminar anyway.

Thanks

One of the most common errors for a language learner is to confuse grammar with meaning. Here we are discussing subject-verb concord, and the same meaning can be expressed with different grammar:

A series of seminars was held.
Several seminars were held.
A couple of seminars were held.
A brace of seminars was held.

A seminar and a conference were hel

QutAs part of this event, a series of seminars on a variety of business topics is scheduled.

I think it should be "are", right?

Thanks

is

This question is related to the problem which one we should give priority in the subject-verb agreement, the syntactic singularity or the notional plurality. Actually the choice is strongly dependent on speakers, so we cannot say which one is correct or incorrect, in my opinion.

paco