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Hi Teachers,

Should I change the word "stock" to "stocks" in the following sentence, or change the word "are" to "is"?

--The Company’s stock are all registered, and are issued upon being signed or sealed by three or more directors and legally registered.--

According to the Cambridge dictionary, the word stock is an uncountable noun when refer to a company's stock issued to the public.

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The Company’s stock are all registered

With "all" in the sentence, I suspect it should be "stocks" [shares].

4 (stocks) a portion of a company’s stock held by an individual or group as an investment. (OED)
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