Singular or plural
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Singular or plural
Just wanted a clarification:
This is a quote. "When someone says, heart wrenching piece by X a woman whose voice is like a beacon on this long,dark night that engulfs Y & one that threatens not to end given the sheer lunacy & hatred that is propagated & prevails." I am confused whether it should be... the sheer lunacy & hatred that is or are propagated & prevails. If someone can help me out.
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@learner34, the writer chooses to represent lunacy and hatred as a mixture — a single result of the propagation, and a single effect in the way that it prevails.
He or she could have chosen to represent lunacy and hatred as two emotions, but didn't.