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[Marrion]

A crowd of sick people were lying on the porches-the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
It runs until 02 April 2006 and a crowd of more than 1.6 million visitors is expected to attend.
The next day, the great crowd of the students was moving to the rally place, with armed with iron pipes.

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Like these above sentences, I have seen that "a crowd of + plural nouns" is used with both "plural verbs" and "singular verbs".
So I am confused... I want to know that reason.

First, when we use "a crowd of" with plural nouns, if we consider "a crowd of" as separate, can we use "a crowd of" with "plural verbs"?

First, when we use "a crowd of" with plural nouns, if we consider "a crowd of" as separate, can we use "a crowd of" with "plural verbs"?

Second, when we use "a crowd of" with plural nouns, if we consider "a crowd of" as a group, can we use "a crowd of" with "singular verbs"?

Third, Can we use "a crowd of" with "countable singular nouns" and "uncountable singular nouns"?

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[Marrion]

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