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Re: There is OR There are a boy, a girl and an old man...

Kathy456 wrote:1. There is a boy & a girl in the playground. 2. There is a boy, a girl & an old man in the playground. 3. There is a boy & two girls in the playground. 4. There are two girls & a boy in the playground. KathyThis topic has been discussed in another thread.Some...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Yoong Liat 1 yr 130 days ago Regards Verbs Singular verbs Plurals Constructions Nouns Idioms
Re: Plural or singular verb?

I think the answer to your original question, Magda, is that if you want to keep your original sentence, just change "is" to "are". The thing is, it's an unusual sentence, so Grammar Geek gave you a more common one. I don't think many native English speakers would know with 100% certainty which...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 1 yr 151 days ago Grammar Verbs Singular verbs Plurals Constructions Adverbs
Re: grammar problem---a sentence from a fact sheet

CalifJim wrote:Oof! Yu-saje pinelle? Eet eez to scofe. Eet eez to lahff. Oh, the dreaded Usage Panel... I'd never really thought about my own use of saving vs savings before today, but I think I would only use the singular verb with 'savings' in a construction similar to "a savings of...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Yankee 1 yr 176 days ago Grammar Verbs Singular verbs Constructions
Re: or (case particulier)

Either is a word that causes endless problems not only for writers but also sometimes for those who wish to guide them. The style manual for the London Times, for instance, states flatly that "neither takes a singular verb, e.g., 'Neither Bert nor Fred has any idea.'" That is true enough, to be...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Inchoateknowledge 1 yr 336 days ago Verbs Singular verbs Plurals Constructions Nouns
Re: cheerleader

The first one, because -- actually, I'm not quite sure how to explain it. Well, a quick search on google for "thing after thing was" has about 100 results, while "thing after thing were" has none. Hmm. As I understand it, the only way to form a plural subject out of two singular nouns is to...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by LearningNerd 1 yr 363 days ago Verbs Singular verbs Plurals Constructions Nouns Singular nouns Plural subject
Re: Question in (neither ... nor)

Either is a word that causes endless problems not only for writers but also sometimes for those who wish to guide them. The style manual for the London Times, for instance, states flatly that "neither takes a singular verb, e.g., 'Neither Bert nor Fred has any idea.'" That is true enough, to...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Inchoateknowledge 2 yr 20 days ago Verbs Singular verbs Plurals Constructions Nouns

Re: I have some questions about the "singular or plural", too.

Grammar Geek wrote: Yes, Hela, when you have an "OR" as part of your subject, the verb takes the singular or plural based on the one closest to it. Either my brother my sisters want to vacation in the moutnains, but I forget which. Either my sisters or my brother wants ... Being away for...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by

Goodman 2 yr 83 days ago

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Re: singular or plural

Dear teachers, Now, if we look at the following sentences: 1) Neither my brotheR nor my sisteR WANTS to go to the festival. Would you say that we should use a singular verb because: a) the construction "neither/either... nor/or" commands it; OR because b) it's the form of the closest...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Hela 2 yr 84 days ago Verbs Singular verbs Constructions
Re: Subject-verb

MellaK wrote:I agree with Welkins--it's a phrasal preposition. When you see "together with" that means something is being added with another--the result is, of course, that you end up with a plural (so "form" is correct). You can check this by adding the subjects together: "The...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Pinenut 2 yr 112 days ago Verbs Singular verbs Plurals Prepositions Constructions
Re: Is this sentence correct?

Grammar Geek wrote: <> I would have thought it was Neither Janet nor Lisa knew her test score. You're right: ------ neither ... nor Singular or Plural Verb This construction takes a singular verb when the alternatives are singular or when the 2nd alternative is singular. Bryan...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 2 yr 131 days ago Grammar Verbs Singular verbs Plurals Constructions