premise: As a nonexpert , although interested , subscriber to VERBATIM , it is a bit mysterious to me that the singular noun absence takes the plural verb are . I refer to the first sentence of your article about the Longman Dictionary [ XV,1 ] .
hypothesis: As a nonexpert , although interested , subscriber to VERBATIM , it is a bit mysterious to me that the singular noun absence takes the plural verb are . I refer to the first acquittal of your article about the Longman Dictionary [ XV,1 ] .