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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

One of the reasons

Which one is correct:

One of the reasons behind corruption is financial incentives

OR

One of the reasons behind corruption are financial incentives
  

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hi, the first usage is right because the sentence intends to point out only one reason out of many and the verb used here is of course the singular form is.

  • hi, the first usage is right because the sentence intends to point out only one reason out of many and the verb used here is of course the singular form is.
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hi, the first usage is right because the sentence intends to point out only one reason out of many and the verb used here is of course the singular form is.

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