query: Agreement between subject and verb in a number of / the number of
positive_passages.docid: 46226
positive_passages.text: "A number of students" vs. "the number of students"
negative_passages.docid: 8371
negative_passages.text: "A total of 10 babies is..." vs. "a total of 10 babies are..." vs. "Ten babies in total are..."
negative_passages.docid: 25909
negative_passages.text: Subject–verb agreement not clear in "Is two bars OK?"
negative_passages.docid: 37819
negative_passages.text: Mixing plural and singular list items with a single verb
negative_passages.docid: 158121
negative_passages.text: "At least one" - singular or plural subject?
negative_passages.docid: 54085
negative_passages.text: Verb agreement in "[adjective] and [adjective] [noun]" constructions
negative_passages.docid: 29197
negative_passages.text: Does a percentage quantity take singular or plural verb agreement?
negative_passages.docid: 25545
negative_passages.text: Plurality of verb depending on plurality of list elements
negative_passages.docid: 21605
negative_passages.text: Omission of 'for' with various quantified time intervals: influence of verb
negative_passages.docid: 107136
negative_passages.text: "Object of" vs. "subject of" -- which one is correct? Does it depend on context?
negative_passages.docid: 136393
negative_passages.text: subject-verb agreement problem
negative_passages.docid: 145712
negative_passages.text: The amount of VS The number of, etc
negative_passages.docid: 3131
negative_passages.text: Indefinite article in the "An [adjective] [number] [plural noun]" construction
negative_passages.docid: 107710
negative_passages.text: Why can we add "a number of" before nouns?
negative_passages.docid: 46165
negative_passages.text: The use of the gerund after 'of'
negative_passages.docid: 48296
negative_passages.text: The subject of "and" in a compound statement
negative_passages.docid: 108138
negative_passages.text: Number agreement when using “(s)” for optional plural