I'd be interested to know why the other camp maintains the verb should be
plural agreement? Is it because they state that information is
a plural noun (like 'data')? Or is
it because they feeling that 'learning information' and 'assimilating
information' are implied (i.e. there is ellipsis) and thus plural
agreement is required in the first instance (but not the second).
In either case, I don't agree.

On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Carolyn Kinslow wrote:

> We have a disagreement about subject/verb agreement, and I would like the expert
> opinions of the members of this list.  The sentence generating the disagreement
> reads,
>
>         "Learning and assimilating new information is always easier when the
> information is presented in a familiar pattern."
>
> One camp claims the singular verb,  is, is correct; the other camp maintains that
> the verb should be plural. How can I explain this construction?
>
> Carolyn
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