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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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more than was or were?

Which is correct: "more than 70 tons of food was distributed" or "more than 70 tons of food was distributed"? Should the verb agree with "tons" or "food"?
  

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Anonymous Which is correct: "more than 70 tons of food was distributed" or "more than 70 tons of food was distributed"? Both are correct. CJ

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Which is correct: "more than 70 tons of food was distributed" or "more than 70 tons of food was distributed"?
  • Both are correct.
  • CJ
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AnonymousWhich is correct: "more than 70 tons of food was distributed" or "more than 70 tons of food was distributed"?
Both are correct.
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Anonymous Which is correct: "more than 70 tons of food was distributed" or "more than 70 tons of food was were distributed"? Should the verb agree with "tons" or "food"?
I think that's what you meant to ask.

Both are possible.
In the former, a single quantity weighing over 70 tons was distributed.
In the latter, over 70 indivi
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