I understand that assets is in plural form but not sure about the following sentences:-
The bulk of its assets were tied in property
or
The bulk of its assets was tie in property.
subject-verb-agreement
I understand that assets is in plural form but not sure about the following sentences:-
The bulk of its assets were tied in property
or
The bulk of its assets was tie in property.
Best Answer
I don't think there are hard and fast rules here. However, I think most native language speakers would make a distinction based on whether 'bulk' was explicitly referring to a count noun or a mass noun.
Typical count nouns: dolls, houses, people Typical mass nouns: butter, information, music
In the first sentence, 'was' is possible, but in my estimate, MUCH less likely, especially in speech:
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