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Which of the following sentences is written correctly.?
The purchase of gold and silver is being presented as separate items to the king.
or…
The purchase of gold and silver are being presented as separate items to the king.
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The second
‘is’ usually refers to a single item/place/thing
‘are’ is plural
the part of the sentence…’separate items ‘ makes it plural.
The purchase isn’t being presented, the gold and silver are.
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The first one
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The purchase is being presented as separate items to the king.
(of gold and silver) is a compound prepositional phrase.
Take out the prepositional phrase.
Purchase is the subject.
For example:
The necklace of pearls (is,are) on sale. Take out (of pearls)
The necklace is on sale.
The necklace are on sale.
Are you going to listen to the people that said the necklace
ARE on sale. If you were in Arkansas it would be ok but not here.
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I think the 1st one because the subject is purchase
Purchase is NOT purchase are.
You have made one purchase for two items.
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The first one because you are talking about a singular purchase which requires a singular verb.
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the 1st one
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