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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Subect/verb pronoun agrrement

which one is correct:
"A huge amount of resources come up"
or
"A huge amount of resources comes up"
  

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Anonymous "A huge amount of resources come up" or "A huge amount of resources comes up" This one may be arguable. Of course, it should be "A huge number of resources come(s) up," but it's still arguable. You could say, "A lot of resources come up," and that would not be arguable.

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  • Anonymous "A huge amount of resources come up" or "A huge amount of resources comes up" This one may be arguable.
  • Of course, it should be "A huge number of resources come(s) up," but it's still arguable.
  • You could say, "A lot of resources come up," and that would not be arguable.
  • The subject is "resources," plural.
  • The nouns, "amount" and "number," are singular, and would take the singular verb "comes," but we can argue about what the real subject is.
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Anonymous"A huge amount of resources come up"
or
"A huge amount of resources comes up"
This one may be arguable.

Of course, it should be "A huge number of resources come(s) up," but it's still arguable.

You could say, "A lot of resources come up," and that would not be arguable. The subject is "resources,"
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