question on grammar

[Randy Alexander]

> In a manual the author originally wrote "The report is...". Â Then it turned out that there might be more than one report, so it was changed to "The report(s) are..."
>
> Question: Â should that be "report(s) is" or "report(s) are"?

That's more of a style question.  Google slightly favors "are".  I
like "are" as well because seeing the (s), I read it as "reports".

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Randy Alexander
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