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Sorry. I mean *use*, not *uses*
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Replying to @stevenstrogatz
A string of "or"s like this does not alter the number of the subject nouns in the sentence in which it occurs. In this case, each subject noun is singular, so "uses," the third-person singular form of the verb, is correct.
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Replying to @MathPrinceps @stevenstrogatz
Oops. A correction is, alas, necessary here, because of the initial noun in the string, namely, "you." This noun of course requires the second-person form of the verb. So the string of nouns is inhomogeneous, which means that no single verb form can follow the string.
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Replying to @MathPrinceps @stevenstrogatz
In a case like this, grammatical correctness mandates a formulation of the kind: "If you use, or (if) anyone you know uses..." But this, alas, is awkward, and argues in favor of a reformulation of the statement that obviates such intricacies.
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The simplest alternative formulation is probably: "Those who use Naviance..."
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