By Singular verbs, Verbs

i am confused on this line.. is it correct form of subject verb agreement?India is one of the foremost country in the third world. Some one says it should be India is one of the foremost countries in the third world. Singular subject should have singular verbs... why the second one is...

My thoughts on the use of the therapy is traditional, yet controversial by many standards. There's a little confusion as to whether we're talking about your thoughts or the use of the therapy. The sentence structure says your thoughts are controversial, but the choice of a singular verb...

This question hit me just now! Is “are” the correct verb ? To me “5%” is used as a collective noun which is treated as a singular subject. It should have a singular verb agreement, shouldn’t it? Only 5% of our students are placed after completion of their training! Compare: A 10% service fee...

Raju's friends were not at the concert nor was Raju himself.1. Neither Raju's friends nor Raju was at the concert.2. Neither Raju nor his friends were at the concert. Kooyeen wrote: ... the vast majority of native speakers would find #2 much more natural because the plural verb in #2...

http://www.bartleby.com/68/47/4047.html: Neither is paired with nor as either is with or, and in those uses as conjunctions they pose usage problems of agreement. Usually they will take a singular verb if both parts of the structure are singular, as in Neither he nor his friend is ready, and if...

Pter, We were taught early on in basic grammar that “many” suggest more than 1 and therefore plural verb should be used. Yes, it’s true, but not always. Sometimes the rules seem to be illusively bent, depending on the context. 5 miles one way is too far to walk to school. – singular verb is...

Our 80 years of collective experience help to deliver unrivaled quality in providing real estate and infrastructure services for the years to come.As in the above sentence verb ‘help’ is correct, what about the following sentences: Our clients need a business partner with world-class expertise ...

Goodman wrote: 800 miles IS a long distance to drive... 80 years of expereince to me should be treated as a single entity. What he means is the correct verb to use is helps, which is a singular verb. I hope I've interpreted what he said correctly.

In the use of 'neither ...nor', the verb has to follow the preceding noun closest to the verb, so 'Neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries have...', as 'have' must agree with the noun 'Subsidiaries', but when you have 'any of the Subsidiaries', the subject...

What? Why are you telling someone to burn their underwear? Never mind. It has to be burned. Use the singular verb.