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Old 02-10-2012, 06:52 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by EileenG View Post
"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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