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Correct Number Agreement Evacuation Offices Floor Manager's Responsibility

Front is this correct for number agreement

The evacuation of the offices is the floor manager's responsibility
Back yes, a phrase like 'of the offices' or 'of nails' (called a 'prepositional phrase') does not affect whether the main word is singular or plural. The subject in question is "the evaluation", singular.

Similarly, the following is wrong:

A combination of factors were the cause of the crash. => was the cause

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