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There (is or are?) one rabbit, three mice, and two foxes in the field.
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I think it's 'are' for the whole collective, but the 'is' matches the singular first item ('one rabbit'), so 'are' sounds funny/wrong when reading this out.
Funnier sounding still if all items are singular: "There are one rabbit, one mouse, and one fox in the field".
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