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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Singular or plural verb with a numbered list?

Should the verb be singular or plural for following sentence:

What are the a) number of dogs, b) number of cats, and c) color of the wagon?
  

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Hi, Should the verb be singular or plural for following sentence: What are the a) number of dogs, b) number of cats, and c) color of the wagon? Singular. Note that more natural forms of A and B are these.

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Hi,

Should the verb be singular or plural for following sentence:

What are the a) number of dogs, b) number of cats, and c) color of the wagon?

Singular.



Note that more natural forms of A and B are these.

How many dogs are there?

How many cats are there?



For C, we often say

What colour i