Pedants help me please!

[loobrush]

If I wanted to write: "If one or more people ..." - should it be 'are involved' or 'is involved'?

Thanks in advance!

I'm never sure about this one, so if possible I'd say 'If it involves one or more people' - that way involves refers to 'it' which is definitely singular.

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surely it's 'are' for people as it's a collective noun and 'is' for person.

I vote 'are'.

Really it should say "if one person is, or more people are, involved ..." But, along jura's lines, I think we need to know your context. As do you really want to talk about one individual at all?

actually, no, reading that back, it should be "one person is, or two or more people are, involved"

I haven't written this myself - it's a translation.

I want to say "If one or more brokers ensures/ensure delivery of the assets...."

Thanks again!

Well you could be devious and say "if delivery of the assets is ensured by a broker (or brokers) ..."

But given that it's a technical translation, perhaps you want to stick closer to the original?

Excellent Bink - that would work perfectly. Thanks all!