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Wed 1 Nov, 2017 01:09 pm
Which is correct:
The cleanup and haul off of the roof debris were completed.
or
The clean up and haul off of the roof debris were completed.
Well - this is going to confuse you, but it would be " was" completed because clean-up and disposal of debris would be considered as one job.
@dabbadabba,
Technically Dabba,
https://www.thoughtco.com/cleanup-and-clean-up-1689343 ;
though you could make it a compound adjectival modifier, using hyphen: 'clean-up,' but I'll bet we'll get some static