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Sentence: Five pounds of fish ... ok.



 
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Who's he? vs Who's that? | hadn't've done?
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Sentence: Five pounds of fish ... ok. Sat Jun 14, 2008 13:11 pm  Sentence: Five pounds of fish ... ok.		  
Five pounds of fish ____ ok.
(a) are (b) is
Which choice is correct?
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Five pounds of fish ____ ok. Sat Jun 14, 2008 13:30 pm  Five pounds of fish ____ ok.		  
Hi Sitifan

You could use either 'is' or 'are'. I'd say 'is' would be the more common choice because 'five pounds' would be seen as a single quantity.
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