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All I watch is crime documentaries. All I watch are crime documentaries.

I mean, I know "is" refers to one and "are" is for multiple, but does the "All I watch" at the start mean "is" makes more sense, seeing as that's what comes first. I think it would make more sense using "are" if you said: "Crime documentaries are all that I watch". I know you could rephrase the sentence in question, but for the two I have mentioned, which one is correct?

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“All I watch are crime documentaries,” is correct.

When used with a countable noun, “all” is plural and requires the use of the plural verb for subject-verb agreement.

When used with an uncountable noun, “all” is singular.

The word, “documentaries,” is countable, as opposed to, “all of the dirt is in a pile,” for example, which is singular.

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