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by CappyAA » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:03 pm
Singular. Board is a singular noun. 'of directors' is just a modifying prepositional phrase. So a sentence should look like - The board of directors is.....

Try taking the prep phrase out and sounding it out. The board is... sounds way better than The board are....
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