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Sarangadhar wrote A group of students who have begun to clean up Frederick Law Olmstead s Morning Park in New York City believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to be returned to its former condition do you think above sentence is correct Please post the reasons also I believe the...

Hi Recently the number of deaths has been increasing drastically and TV has been emphasizing them I am a bit curious about the words has been here You strictly reckon the words the number of deaths as a singular unit In a sense yes but I prefer to look at it that the subject is the singular word...

Recently the number of deaths has been increasing drastically and TV has been emphasizing them Clive wrote the above I am a bit curious about the words has been here You strictly reckon the words the number of deaths as a singular unit It will not be wrong to reckon as a plural unit too Please...

Hi Spiders and crabbs can look very similar and are in fact both classifed as arthnopods Both a spider and a crab has two main body sections the cephalotohroax and the abdomen However crabs usually have two pairs of antennae on their heads The crabs uses this antennae as sense organes you have a...

Dear teachers I read that the number is a singular collective noun The number of applicants is steadily increasing A number on the other hand is a plural form There are several students in the lobby A number of people are here to see the president What about the majority Should I apply the same...

Grammar Geek wrote I have been asked what my favorite color is what my favorite food is what my favorite song is but never ever has anyone asked me what my favorite insect is so I can t say it s completely natural no However the grammar of the question is correct For the response say insects...

Yankee wrote If Who are they is plausible then Who are they running with guns out there Mom must be acceptable I think This sentence doesn t sound natural to me Who are they running with guns out there Mom Instead I might say this Who are those people running with guns out there Mom or Who is...

Yankee wrote If Who are they is plausible then Who are they running with guns out there Mom must be acceptable I think This sentence doesn t sound natural to me Who are they running with guns out there Mom Instead I might say this Who are those people running with guns out there Mom or Who is...

Hi Anon I think I see what you mean In your first case example to simply say that something is doesn t give very much information unless you re a philosopher like Descartes I think therefore I am Your first case example works best when answering questions What is it It s an apple It is an apple...

Hi LiJ I was Anon Hoa Thai s reply pretty well sums it up The operative expression is informally however which makes a mess of your concers about second and third person Formally either is singular and the number of the modifiers doesn t change that Number is singular too So formally yes either...