In Nouns^x, Singular nouns^x

The only thing he bought was many apples "'sound' funny to use is" -- still only 'is' correct. The inflicted form of 'be': 'is' hinges on 'game', which is a singular noun.

Hi, I found some sentences with these phrases and am wondering why they can be as they are when mostly I see like "kinds/sorts of + plural nouns" and "kind/sort of + singular noun"? kinds of thing sort of great beings

'and' means there are two things. Irrespective of the fact that advice is a singular noun, my vote goes to the second sentence.

Here are the rules for fractions Fractions Fractions modifying singular nouns take singular verbs: Two thirds of the book is outdated. Fractions modifying plural nouns take plural verbs: Two thirds of the books have already arrived. Fractions modifying a collective noun...

Hi Daylyn, and welcome. Are. "Data" is starting to migrate to being used as a singular noun (more usage experts approve of it than used to, but the battle isn't nearly over), but I think that "criteria" is still seen only as plural. (And edit in a comma after "analysis" since it's two...

Where it is not stated, the word club is assumed. club is a concrete countable singular noun, so it must have a or the . a is indefinite, and these clubs certainly aren't indefinite if you can actually name them! So it has to be the definite article the . Let's = Let us. CJ

"Each" is a singular noun, and therefore is associated with the singular form of the verb. However, "each" is not used to describe one of a collective of two. That's the point that Muayad Jajo was making. "Each of the three girls" vs. "Both of the two girls"

Thank you very much. Why can the sentence be "all of the list should manifest parallel structures " and not "all of the list should manifest parallel structure" Are you be able to make that distinction clearly because the contexts the sentences are in show them to be different? Is the...

1. I understand the/a variable noun is uncount when use in a general sense and is a count noun when it refers to a particular instance of something. OK, and I think they can sometimes be used interchangeably like some of these below. Can you check if they can be used interchangeably? 1....

I'm confused on the use of was and were when coupled with the pronoun "it". When "it" is used to replace a singular noun, then shouldn't one use "was" to go with it? Yet grammar check in Microsoft Word says "were" is accepible. Here is the context: The trophy was in his closet. If it were/was...