MSN: Your coffee cup is leaking microplastics into your drink — and the material makes all the difference

Your coffee cup is leaking microplastics into your drink — and the material makes all the difference

Makes is the correct form of the verb, because the subject of the clause is which and the word which refers back to the act of dominating, not to France, Spain, or Austria. The sentence can be rewritten as: The domination throughout history by France, Spain, and Austria alternately over Milan makes it a city full of different cultural influences.

The formal and traditional answer is makes, because the subject is the singular noun phrase receiving homemade cupcakes. In actual speech, and even sometimes in writing, many people say make, under the influence of the more recent plural noun cupcakes. I would recommend saying makes, but be prepared to hear make.

In this sentence should I use make or makes? Massive scale, along with rapid growth make/makes it different.

The Washington Post: How science can create a more consistent cup of coffee

Scientists borrowed technology used in battery research to show that measuring the current that runs through coffee can quantify a cup’s strength and flavor.

Coffee professionals are fussy about the method they use to make coffee, the beans they use to brew, and perhaps even more so, about the techniques they employ to get the most out of each cup or pot.