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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Noun-verb agreement

Would you say a large amount of gas and stool was or were present in the colon?
  

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Hi, A large amount . . was Large amounts .

— Clive

  • Hi, A large amount .
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  • was Large amounts .
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  • were Clive
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Hi,

A large amount . . . was

Large amounts . . . were

Clive
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Thank you. We were told "Use a plural verb when a plural noun follows the word "of", so A large amount of students smile after the semester, which made me think gas and stool would also use the plural verb?
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Hi,

Yes, but to justify the plural verb it is better to say 'A large number of students were smiling'.

Clive
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