Thread: Is or are?
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Old 02-03-2012, 02:09 PM   #3
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Since the subject and object are being identified through use of the copular verb "to be", the two of them should agree in number. They do not, which is what makes this sentence sound awkward.

Examples of proper ways to rewrite the sentence:

"Good examples are labels, ..."

"A good example is a label, ..."

You could, of course, also reconstruct the sentence in other ways to avoid the problem.
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