Which of the following sentences is correct?

[sweetie123]

Hi,

Which of the following sentences is correct?

1) Site visit of Chemical & Gas Plants was done by M/s Technical Support Company on Monday, April 4, 2011 at 2:00 pm.

2) Site visit of Chemical & Gas Plants were done by M/s Technical Support Company on Monday, April 4, 2011 at 2:00 pm.

Thanks.

[rmsh16]

Sentence 2 is appropriate & correct.

[sweetie123]

Sentence 2 is appropriate & correct.

Thanks for your answer.

[Khosro]

Why not sentence 1? "Site visit" is singular and the fact that it was done on a definite time also allows us to consider it single and use "was" with it.

Perhaps sentence 2 is also correct (you might think of "plants" which is plural), but I prefer sentence 1 for the reasons I mentioned.

[riquecohen]

Why not sentence 1? "Site visit" is singular and the fact that it was done on a definite time also allows us to consider it single and use "was" with it.

Perhaps sentence 2 is also correct (you might think of "plants" which is plural), but I prefer sentence 1 for the reasons I mentioned.

I agree with your interpretation for #1. Chemical and Gas Plants, as written with capital letters. appears to be the name of a company. If so, #2 is not correct.
The sentence, IMO, would read better as "A site visit to... was made on..."

[luschen]

*** Not a teacher ***

I am confused - in my opinion #1 is correct - singular noun, singular verb. Is this a British English / American English issue?

Also, I agree that an "A" to start the sentence is needed.

[Barb_D]

IF:
You made ONE visit, and during that visit saw multiple plants -- use the singular form of the verb.

You made MANY visits, each to its own plant -- change the word to visits, and use the plural form of the verb.

[freezeframe]

A comment on something else:

If you were visiting two plants -- a Chemical one and a Gas one -- you need to write out "and":
Chemical and Gas Plants = you visited two kind of plants


& is used only when it's part of a company name, otherwise the word and has be spelled out in writing. So your phrase -- Chemical & Gas Plants -- suggests you visited several plants owned by a company called "Chemical & Gas".