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Old 06-17-2010, 10:57 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by BigV View Post
"Evidence" is plural. It belongs to a special class of words called plurale tantum, nouns that have only a plural form.

Therefore, the construction in your example is correct.
Is there evidence that "Evidence" is a plurale tantum? it's not given as on in the Oxford, whereas the other examples mentioned in the Wiki article are.
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