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Old 02-03-2012, 03:01 PM   #4
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"A good example is" is correct, regardless of what comes after. The verb should agree with the noun.

If you turn the sentence around, so that it reads "Labels are a good example", then the verb has to agree with labels, which are plural.

It's one of those sentences where the correct version sounds odd, so it's often used incorrectly.
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