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Wildcats1 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
"IS" or "ARE"
Please see the sentence below. My question is: After the word "ISSUE," should the verb be "IS" or "ARE" ? Your advice will be very much appreciated & I thank you.
Specifically, ther is no serious argument that production and financial information submitted to the bank by Mr. Smith regarding the wells at issue IS/ARE not relevant to the claims.
Specifically, ther is no serious argument that production and financial information submitted to the bank by Mr. Smith regarding the wells at issue IS/ARE not relevant to the claims.
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The subject here is "production and financial information". Therefore, it should be "is" as information is a non-count or uncountable noun.
- The subject here is "production and financial information".
- Therefore, it should be "is" as information is a non-count or uncountable noun.
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The subject here is "production and financial information". Therefore, it should be "is" as information is a non-count or uncountable noun.
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Wildcats1Please see the sentence below. My question is: After the word "ISSUE," should the verb be "IS" or "ARE" ? Your advice will be very much appreciated & I thank you.
Specifically, ther is no serious argument that production and financial information submitted to the bank by Mr. Smith regarding the wells at issue IS/ARE
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Hello Wildcats1, welcome to English Forums.
Both might be correct:
1. There is no serious argument that production and financial information submitted to the bank is not relevant to the claims.
– here, the subject is "production and financial information submitted to the bank", i.e. a conglomerate of information about finance and information about production. So "
Both might be correct:
1. There is no serious argument that production and financial information submitted to the bank is not relevant to the claims.
– here, the subject is "production and financial information submitted to the bank", i.e. a conglomerate of information about finance and information about production. So "
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