Subject- Verb Agreement
Please answer what is correct of the following. I am confused since both "information" and "evidence" are uncountable here.
1. Specific information and evidence is presented.
2. Specific information and evidence are presented.
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I'd say that "is" is appropriate here because "information" and "evidence" are so closely related as to be interpreted as a single concept; "are" is inappropriate because it would leave people puzzling over what precisely was the distinction intended between the two. The fact that "specific information" and "evidence" are non-count NPs is not relevant, cf. "Antique furniture and Victorian crockery are what I deal in".
- I'd say that "is" is appropriate here because "information" and "evidence" are so closely related as to be interpreted as a single concept; "are" is inappropriate because it would leave people puzzling over what precisely was the distinction intended between the two.
- The fact that "specific information" and "evidence" are non-count NPs is not relevant, cf.
- "Antique furniture and Victorian crockery are what I deal in".
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I'd say that "is" is appropriate here because "information" and "evidence" are so closely related as to be interpreted as a single concept; "are" is inappropriate because it would leave people puzzling over what precisely was the distinction intended between the two.
The fact that "specific information" and "evidence" are non-count NPs is not relevant, cf. "Antique furniture and Victoria
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