He and She are/is, none are/is

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Anewcomer  #486460  Sat, 08 Mar 08 10:07 PM
Hi Teachers

 

I want to get a correct perspective of Native Speakers here at these:

He and She are going out together  OR  He and She is going out together

None of them is capable of making the exact statue  OR  None of them are capable of making the exact statue

Aren't I good ?  OR  Am I not good?

Where is he and she? OR  Where are he and she?

 You and She are identical   OR   You and She is identical 

You or They are going to do it    OR  You or They is going to do it 

 Neither of you are going to see  OR  Neither of you is going to see

 Neither he or she are going to see  OR  Neither he or she is going to see 

Either you or them is coming back OR  Either you or them are coming back

Which ones are grammatical ?

 

Thanks 

  
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Feebs11  #486466  Sat, 08 Mar 08 10:46 PM

Anewcomer
Hi Teachers

 

I want to get a correct perspective of Native Speakers here at these:

He and she are going out together  OR  He and She is going out together

None of them is capable of making the exact statue  OR  None of them are capable of making the exact statue

Aren't I good ?  OR  Am I not good?  Both acceptable

Where is he and she? OR  Where are he and sheNeither >> Where are they?

 You and she are identical   OR   You and She is identical 

You or they are going to do it    OR  You or They is going to do it 

 Neither of you are going to see  OR  Neither of you is going to see

 Neither he or she are going to see  OR  Neither he or she is going to see 

Either you or they is coming back OR  Either you or they are coming back

Which ones are grammatical ?

 

Thanks 

 

 
  
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Anewcomer  #486469  Sat, 08 Mar 08 10:52 PM
Hi

 

I'm a little confused here, which ones are correct, the ones in blue or the ones in grey ?

 

another 4 questions, please answer:  are these correct?

Either he or you is telling them

He or you is confronting him 

 Neither they or you are trying hard

 Neither he or you are trying hard

Thanks

  
Feebs11  #486473  Sun, 09 Mar 08 12:29 AM
Those highlighted in blue

 

 

Either he or you is telling them  Yes

He or you are confronting him

 Neither they nor you are trying hardYes

 Neither he nor you are trying hardYes

 

 

 

  
Anewcomer  #486532  Sun, 09 Mar 08 06:27 AM
Hi check these please: 

Neither you nor he is giving me present

(do we use singular verb with "neither" or plural verb with "neither"?  Are we supposed to follow the second subject (HE) to determine the "to be" (is) or is it as long as there's one plural subject in it, it must use plural verb ? )

You or he is confronting them

(do we use singular verb or plural verb with "OR"? Are we supposed to follow the second subject (HE) to determine the "to be" (is) or is it as long as there's one plural subject in it, it must use plural verb ? )

For "either" do we use singular verb or plural verb?

 (Are we supposed to follow the second subject to determine the "to be" (verb) or is it as long as there's one plural subject in it, it must use plural verb ? )

 

  
Kooyeen  #486637  Sun, 09 Mar 08 12:02 PM

Anewcomer
Hi Teachers

I want to get a correct perspective of Native Speakers here at these:

He and She are going out together  OR  He and She is going out together

None of them is capable of making the exact statue  OR  None of them are capable of making the exact statue

Aren't I good ?  OR  Am I not good?

Where is he and she? OR  Where are he and she?

 You and She are identical   OR   You and She is identical 

You or They are going to do it    OR  You or They is going to do it 

 Neither of you are going to see  OR  Neither of you is going to see

 Neither he or she are going to see  OR  Neither he or she is going to see 

Either you or them is coming back OR  Either you or them are coming back

Which ones are grammatical ?


Thanks 



Hi,
your questions are all difficult questions, because some of them might sound very odd, and native speakers either say those things another way, or don't follow fixed rules (let alone prescriptive grammar).
I can only give you some examples. Here's what I would say:

Neither he nor she are going (or sometimes also "is").
Neither of you are going.
You and her are identical. <-- I don't know why I'd like to use "her".
Either you or them is/are going <-- both, but I don't know why I think I would tend to say "is"
etc.

I'm afraid none of them are ok according to prescriptive grammar, but I'm not going to talk weird and say "With whom have you spoken?" instead of "Who did you talk with?" or "Watcha waitin for?".
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And I'm not a native speaker, by the way.

  
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