Ambiguous plurality ("One or more items was/were skipped") [duplicate]

Given a sentence in this format, which would be correct?

One or more items was skipped.

One or more items were skipped.

I'm leaning towards the latter, but maybe it doesn't matter? (Hey, that rhymes!)

In English, only one is singular. Everything else is plural. You yourself instinctively recognized that by writing items, plural, in both cases. You didn't ask about "one or more item was" vs. "one or more items were". You went with the plural noun in both cases. So the verb should be plural as well. When the choice is not that between "item is" vs. "items are", but that between "items is" vs. "items are", it is really quite straightforward.

I believe that the latter one is a better choice, because the subject is not in singular form anymore (such it was with ONE only)... What is more, after the which contains plural form (i.e. MORE ITEMS) one automatically puts a verb in plural form as well.