I was writing the sentence and understood I do not know whether to use plural or singular:
If more than one attribute was / were found ...
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1Related: Which is correct: “one or more is” or “one or more are”? and “There is/are more than one”. What's the difference? – RegDwigнt May 15 '14 at 08:48
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Gives me another chance to name-drop: 'Don't take any notice of teachers and textbooks in such matters. Nor of logic. It is good to say "more than one passenger was hurt," although more than one equals at least two and therefore logically the verb ought to be plural were not singular was!' [C S Lewis; italics mine] – Edwin Ashworth May 15 '14 at 08:55