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most impressive monument of Egypt's greatness, and one of the
wonders of the world, are the pyramids.
This should be '...is the pyramids'.
This is because the subject of the sentence is 'The most impressive
monument'.
'Monument' is a singular concept, even though there is more than
one pyramid.
That is 'The most impressive monument is the pyramids'.
[NB! This comes from Samuel Johnson, by the way. Even the great
sometimes make mistakes.]
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