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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Subject verb agreement

An example of temporal isolation is/are the two tree species that grow on the Monterey peninsula in California. Whats the correct form is or are?
  

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Anonymous An example of temporal isolation is /are the two tree species that grow on the Monterey peninsula in California. Whats the correct form is or are? There's only one example.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous An example of temporal isolation is /are the two tree species that grow on the Monterey peninsula in California.
  • Whats the correct form is or are?
  • There's only one example.
  • Why would you want to use the plural are ?
  • If the rest of the sentence bothers you, change it.
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Anonymous An example of temporal isolation is/are the two tree species that grow on the Monterey peninsula in California. Whats the correct form is or are?
There's only one example. Why would you want to use the plural are? If the rest of the sentence bothers you, change it.

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Thanks a lot CJ.
I hesitated for a moment since "The two tree species are an example of..."
It might have been interference from another language.
Thanks again.
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