By Uncountable nouns, Singular verbs

Anonymous wrote:How is it that the word "information" can be singular or plural in context, but always takes the singular verb "is"? Also, why is its plural not "informations"? See this page for info on uncountable nouns: http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-writing/on-line/countable.html

Anonymous wrote: A Psychology professor at UC Berkeley said that dah-ta (like "dad") is the singular, while day-ta (like "today") is the plural. In other words, you would say "these day-ta", but "this dah-ta." I haven't heard this from any other source, and I've also heard another Psychology...

Hi again ng, The subject of your sentence is "some of the items". As you see, the word "items" is used as a plural noun. Therefore, as pieanne said, "some" with plural nouns requires plural verb. But "some" with uncountable nouns requires singular verb. Beware the "nucleus of the subject"...

Uncountable nouns are things we cannot count, like 'rice', 'kerosene' and 'information'. They therefore have no plural form ('-s' form): 'Much rice. Much kerosene. Much information.' -- fine. '*Two rices. *Two kerosenes. *Two informations.' -- no good! They also take a singular verb: ...