By Singular verbs, Verbs

My pleasure, Avangi.After reading you post, however, I'm a bit confused. Grammar books often sort of suggest that we (students) should use more formal / higher register structures; since we are taught to use "a pair of" with singular verbs, I'd have said it was the other way...

Dear members, Today I have learnt a new rule which i want to share with you to validate of its accuracy. Rule: Anyone, someone, no one, none, either, everyone, each--are singular and should take a singular verb and be followed by he, him his, and not they, them, their. e.g. Each stood with his...

1. Two and two_________ four. Ans. make (could it be makes???)-- Yes, it could. 2. Selina as well as her friends _____ (is/are) present. Ans. is-- Correct. 3. None but the brave________ (deserve/deserves) the fair. Ans. deserves-- but in real English 'deserve' is also correct. 4. The jury...

Agreement of Verb with subject. 1. Two and two_________ four. Ans. make (could it be makes???) 2. Selina as well as her friends _____ (is/are) present. Ans. is 3. None but the brave________ (deserve/deserves) the fair. Ans. deserve 4. The jury ______ (was/were) divided in their...

Does anybody want -- once you conjugate the verb "to do" as you have in "Does" the other verb takes the bare infinitive form. That means it's the "to X" version without the "to." However, the word "Flicers" is a singular noun, so it takes the singular verb form, means. Does anybody want to to...

Hi, . . . amenities that make your home the world. This is fine. Amenities make . . . a plural subject needs a plural verb. An amenity makes . . . a singular subject needs a singular verb Consider He cooks dinner. They cook dinner. Clive

Bilsonx wrote:Ok well I fixed most of the basic stuff you said. Could you maybe tell me how i could fix the others?My first Wreck in my new car My friend Brandon and I was . After this close call I have learned to drive super careful in the snow and slow down when bigger...

The sentences are correct, but your supervisor is out to lunch. Obviously, third-person singular nouns like "the agency" take third-person singular verbs, which DO end in S, for normal, declarative sentences. The agency reviews... However, in these sentences, you're using a different voice: It's...

Yes it means the same thing. Many a is a slightly dated or literary way of saying it.There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.After many a summer dies the swan.and from the Columbia Guide:many a is a locution that is followed by a singular noun, which in turn takes a...