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Among the most important is the realisation that apparently selfish traits such as envy – through which we express our discontent with inequality – (was) a useful evolutionary characteristic for building the social cohesion that enabled hunter-gatherers such as the Ju/’haonsi to thrive for as long as they did.
In the above sentence,my question is what is the subject of the verb was here?
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Among the most important is the realisation that apparently selfish traits such as envy – through which we express our discontent with inequality – was a useful evolutionary characteristic for building the social cohesion that enabled hunter-gatherers such as the Ju/’haonsi to thrive for as long as they did. The subject of the verb is the plural noun phrase apparently selfish traits such as envy. But the writer seems to have made an error by using the singular verb "was" when it should be the plural "were" to match the plural subject.
- Among the most important is the realisation that apparently selfish traits such as envy – through which we express our discontent with inequality – was a useful evolutionary characteristic for building the social cohesion that enabled hunter-gatherers such as the Ju/’haonsi to thrive for as long as they did.
- The subject of the verb is the plural noun phrase apparently selfish traits such as envy.
- But the writer seems to have made an error by using the singular verb "was" when it should be the plural "were" to match the plural subject.
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Among the most important is the realisation that apparently selfish traits such as envy – through which we express our discontent with inequality – was a useful evolutionary characteristic for building the social cohesion that enabled hunter-gatherers such as the Ju/’haonsi to thrive for as long as they did.
The subject of the verb is the plural noun phrase apparent
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