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I've got a sentence where I'm not sure whether to write this:
"The Maldives is comprised of nearly 1,200 islands"
or this:
"The Maldives are comprised of nearly 1,200 islands"
I think it should be "are", but often get caught out with the are and is thing!
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I'm wondering about the rest of your sentence though: shouldn't it be: The Maldives comprise nearly 1,200 islands?
Yes, I think you're right. Even if "comprised of" is grammatically correct (is it?), it is rather clunky!
[quote=dwight]The Maldives comprise nearly 1,200 islands[/quote]
which is grammatically correct and avoids all the traps an editor might want to pick up on.