Subject–verb agreement: "are" versus "is"

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Singular or plural following a list
My apples and orange are wrong

What is correct?

Her ripples, her current, her momentum is the fountainhead of science.

Her ripples, her current, her momentum are the fountainhead of science.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 07 '12 at 09:57

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Are is the correct form. And you might even consider the following structure.

Her ripples, current, and momentum are the fountainhead of science.

answered Nov 07 '12 at 09:57

Noah

Thanks. What if the list is after the verb and the first in the list is singular? For example: The fountainhead of science is her momentum, her ripples, her current. – Essen Nov 08 '12 at 06:43
@Essen Example please? – Noah Nov 08 '12 at 06:44
Please see the example above – Essen Nov 08 '12 at 06:47
@Essen is is correct here. – Noah Nov 08 '12 at 06:49

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