Timeline for how to use are /is as copula
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| Sep 14, 2019 at 20:05 | history | edited | Barid Baran Acharya | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 14, 2019 at 19:42 | comment | added | Barid Baran Acharya | An Adjective with "the" denotes class and requires plural verb cf. The rich/ the poor, the following with or without a plural noun | |
| Sep 11, 2019 at 2:15 | comment | added | whiskeychief | You shouldn’t say “the followings are the tips.” Try “the following”. | |
| Apr 10, 2019 at 17:59 | comment | added | Barid Baran Acharya | My point is to flip around subject and predicale. Admitted that there are more hits for " the following " in the internet but that doesn't negate " followings" altogether. "The following" would however require a plural verb. | |
| Apr 10, 2019 at 16:09 | comment | added | Anton Sherwood | The following is really an adjective, with an implied noun (the following items or the like), so it never carries an s. | |
| Apr 10, 2019 at 7:10 | history | answered | Barid Baran Acharya | CC BY-SA 4.0 |