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Old 03-03-2006, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by carrie721
actually, when a string of nouns is connected by "and," the entire thing is considered plural, hence "are" should be used.

True, that's how they do it at Harvard. But in my opinion most professional writers are willing to consider multiple things, grouped together, as one thing - therefore "is" instead of "are."

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