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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Subject-verb

Hi

Please explain the subject–verb agreement in the following sentence ('is reactive' or 'are reactive'?):

"The molecule is surrounded by eight organic corner groups, one or more of which is reactive."

Thanks and regards

Elango P.P.
  

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More are . With compound nouns and the conjunction ' or ', use the noun closest to the verb. That's my explanation.

  • More are .
  • With compound nouns and the conjunction ' or ', use the noun closest to the verb.
  • That's my explanation.
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More are. With compound nouns and the conjunction 'or', use the noun closest to the verb.

That's my explanation.

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