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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Subject-verb agreement
Please advise me whether the subject-verb agreement in the following sentence is correct. (Please check the double quoted word)
'At this dilution, none of the sera from patients with either uveitis or genetic-based retinal degeneration "were" reactive and only 5.6% of the normal sera were reactive.'
Many thanks for your help in this regard
Elango
'At this dilution, none of the sera from patients with either uveitis or genetic-based retinal degeneration "were" reactive and only 5.6% of the normal sera were reactive.'
Many thanks for your help in this regard
Elango
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' 'None' can be followed by either a singular or plural verb. 'Were' sounds fine. 6% of the .
- ' 'None' can be followed by either a singular or plural verb.
- 'Were' sounds fine.
- 6% of the .
- sera were'.
- 6% were .
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Hi,
'At this dilution, none of the sera from patients with either uveitis or genetic-based retinal degeneration "were" reactive and only 5.6% of the normal sera were reactive.'
'None' can be followed by either a singular or plural verb. 'Were' sounds fine.
I'm more inclined to ponder '5.6% of the . . .sera were'.
'At this dilution, none of the sera from patients with either uveitis or genetic-based retinal degeneration "were" reactive and only 5.6% of the normal sera were reactive.'
'None' can be followed by either a singular or plural verb. 'Were' sounds fine.
I'm more inclined to ponder '5.6% of the . . .sera were'.
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