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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Is or are again


Consider this sentence -

"Across from , to , and in from , to , is/are plenty of examples of obsolete buildings given new life."



I wrote this sentence using 'are' because examples is plural, but MS Word underlined it and suggests 'is'. Then I thought is 'plenty of examples' considered singular????



Who's right? me or MS Word????



thanks

  

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" I wrote this sentence using 'are' because examples is plural, but MS Word underlined it and suggests 'is'. Then I thought is 'plenty of examples' considered singular???? Who's right?

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  • " I wrote this sentence using 'are' because examples is plural, but MS Word underlined it and suggests 'is'.
  • Then I thought is 'plenty of examples' considered singular????
  • Who's right?
  • me or MS Word??
  • Both 'is' and 'are' are used and considered acceptable.
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Hi,

Consider this sentence -



"Across Europe from London, Copenhagen, Berlin to Warsaw, and in Asia from Beijing, Shanghai to Tokyo, is/are plenty of examples of obsolete buildings given new life."



I wrote this sentence using 'are' because examples is plural, but MS Word underlined it and suggests 'is'. Then I thought is 'plenty of examples' consid
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AnonymousWho's right? me Me or MS Word??
You. However, the first part of the sentence is so unusual that you've managed to confuse MS Word into making that mistake.
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