By Verbs, Plural subject

According to Answers.com, although "none" is etymologically derived from OE "one", it has been used as both a singular and a plural word from that time on as evident in the Bible, works of J. Dryden & E. Burke and many present day well known authors. Today "None" is considered to be shortened...

Number. Like other collective nouns number may take either a singular or a plural verb. Unlike most of them, it admits of a simple and logical rule. When all that it is doing is forming part of a composite plural subject, it should have a plural verb, as in: A large number of people are...

Hi, Do the questions have to start with "Do" and not 'Does'. I looked up Michael Swan's Practical English Usage and in it, it noted that when any of is followed by a plural subject, the verb can be singular or plural and in formal situations, the singular verb in more common. Does it only...

Hi, Verbs. Underline the correct verb and circle the verbal in each sentence. The correct verb will be RED and the circle verbal will be GREEN. I'm not sure what you mean by a 'verbal'. I guess you mean a word that is based on or derived from a verb. 1. Gardening (is, are) Mr. And Mrs....

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...

Hi, Multiple nouns make a plural subject, so say 'are' in each case. Note that you can't say 'each software'. You need to say something like 'each piece of software ' or 'each software package' or 'each software component'. Best wishes, Clive

Hi, the presence and distribution of LBP (Lewy body pathology) was/were variable within families" It's hard to say without some understanding of this medical terminology. It sounds like a plural subject to me, thus 'were'. But if the whole subject phrase is thought of 'as a logical unit' by the...

Of course davkett is correct, but just to make sure you understand the rule... If you have a singular subject AND a singular subject, together they take a plural verb. Mom AND Dad ARE... If you have a singular subject OR a singular subject, then the verb follows the closer one - in this case...

Niether / or question and usage Searching findings: If two singular subjects are connected by neither . . . nor or either . . . or, the verb must be singular as well. • Neither Spiderman nor Batman is going to the party. • Either Slim or Roger has to leave town...

Q:What are the rules for subject-verb concord? (When do I use is and when do I use are?)A:There is no easy rule to answer this question, but the LONGMAN GRAMMAR of SPOKEN and WRITTEN ENGLISH states (pg. 181): There is a tendency towards SINGLE CONCORD with existential there. In general, we may...