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by jaijune » Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:56 pm
The proliferation of computer games designed to involve many players at once were first developed before the widespread availability of high-speed Internet connections.

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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:45 pm
The subject "proliferation of computer games" follows the pattern X of Y. Therefore, the verb following the subject should be singular.
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