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I don't quite understand the whole "use a plural verb with a singular noun because it's made of several things" thing. I've heard that things like "group" and "government" in British English are used with plural verbs because of that. But in that case, why is anything singular? A word is (are?) made of characters, mouth (or hand/arm) movements, and sounds. A major sentence is (are?) made of at least two words and at least two "constituents" (subject and predicate). Bread is (are?) made of cereal (wheat, rice, corn, etc.), flour, water, and maybe other stuff (salt, yeast, seeds, fruit, eggs, etc.). The human body is (are?) made of trillions of cells. Oxygen usually comes (come?) in pairs and even then, a single atom is (are?) made of several various subatomic particles, which are ultimately made of God-knows(know?)-what.
Then again, I've heard plural nouns used with singular verbs (e.g., "politics is")....
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