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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Singular or plural?

Unless the audience is/are more disciplined, they will be asked to leave the stadium.

In the sentence, which verb should be used, is or are? Thanks in advance.

  

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anonymous In the sentence, which verb should be used, is or are? I would change the sentence. "They" has no proper antecedent.

  • anonymous In the sentence, which verb should be used, is or are?
  • I would change the sentence.
  • "They" has no proper antecedent.
  • This fixes that problem.
  • Unless the people in the audience are more disciplined, they will be asked to leave the stadium.
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anonymousIn the sentence, which verb should be used, is or are?

I would change the sentence. "They" has no proper antecedent. This fixes that problem.

Unless the people in the audience are more disciplined, they will be asked to leave the stadium.

That implies that all or none will be asked, which does not make much sense.

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