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Reply Sun 10 Mar, 2013 06:56 pm
Successful marketing strategies are essential ingredients of the success of convenience stores in Taiwan.

Successful marketing strategies is an essential ingredients of the success of convenience stores in Taiwan.

Which one is correct? Or both is correct!
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Ragman
 
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Reply Sun 10 Mar, 2013 07:02 pm
@aleckboy,
"Strategies are" is the correct choice ... mainly because the action is about more than one strategy...not a collective singular effort.
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JTT
 
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Reply Sun 10 Mar, 2013 07:42 pm
@aleckboy,
Quote:
Or both is correct!


'both', by convention, takes the plural verb, 'are'.

Or are both correct?
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Mon 11 Mar, 2013 11:45 am
@aleckboy,
(A) Successful marketing strategy is essential to success of the Taiwan convenience store.
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