Re: IS or ARE

Subject: Re: IS or ARE
From: kafkascampi <kafkascampi -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:01:03 -0700

John said

"Two months of free service is given to a current customer

or

Two months of free service are given to a current customer"

***

Definitely "are". Take out the prepositional phrase and read it. But
yeah--would read better w/o the passive voice.

c

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References:
IS or ARE: From: John Posada
RE: IS or ARE: From: Combs, Richard
Re: IS or ARE: From: Chris Morton

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