Originally Posted By: BranShea
1.Universities here complain that a too large part of newly entering students is no longer able to write correct Dutch.

2. Universities here complain that a too large part of newly entering students are no longer able to write correct Dutch.



What we have here is some confusion about the number of the subject. If the subject is part it's singular and is is correct. If it's students it's plural and are is correct. I would suggest that if this sentence were just fired off without much thought the correct are would be used. If it were over analyzed the writer might have thought that the subject was the singular part and would have incorrected it.