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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is or are

I am a bit confused here! Which is correct sense I am starting the sentence with one class/group.

One class of polyphenols is the flavonoids
Or
One class of polyphenols are the flavonoids

And why?

Thanks in advance!
  

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Anonymous I am a bit confused here! Thanks in advance! It can be both.

— Anonymous

  • Anonymous I am a bit confused here!
  • Thanks in advance!
  • It can be both.
  • If you want to emphasize the subject, use "is"; when drawing the attention to the complement use "are".
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Anonymous I am a bit confused here! Which is correct sense I am starting the sentence with one class/group.One class of polyphenols is the flavonoidsOrOne class of polyphenols are the flavonoidsAnd why?Thanks in advance!
It can be both.

If you want to emphasize the subject, use "is"; when drawing the attention to the complement use "are".
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Thanks. What do you mean by drawing the attention to the complement?
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Complement in this case means to draw the attention to the class, called 'flavonoids'.
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