The phrase "and its progress are" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used when referring to a singular subject, where "progress" is the subject and should take a singular verb form.
Example: "The project and its progress is being monitored closely."
Alternatives: "and its progress is" or "and the progress is".
The cancer, I'd heard, was on his esophagus, and its progress was swift and merciless.
The spatial patterns of the RSES evolution are controlled by physical factors, especially geomorphology, where as its direction is guided by human activities, and its progress is pushed forward by human-environment interactions.
The baseline walking capacity of the participants and its progress was not found to differ between the three sites.
As a result, many opportunities for tackling Africa's problems and driving its progress are missed -- to everyone's detriment.
EJ was a principal investigator of the study, helped design the protocol and supervise its progress, was involved in the acquisition of the data, and helped draft the manuscript.
The pandemic was "from God", he said; "to try and limit its progress is to oppose Providence".
Because of this, detective work to explain the appearance of the new resistant staph in this country and track its progress is just beginning.
Since IDSP was implemented in Maharashtra in 2005 it was in its early stages of independent operation in 2011 and assessing its progress was important to ensure its sustainability.
That the people who might be considered most likely to benefit from change would feel impatient and unsatisfied with its progress is predictable, just as it is that the people who feel displaced would become frightened.
Its pathogenesis changes rapidly in time, and so monitoring its progress is challenging because conventional monitoring devices are able to measure only systemic hemodynamic variables whereas the pathogenesis of sepsis resides at the microcirculation and the parenchymal cells.
