Is "more" the subject? Yes, in my opinion. is it considered singular or plural? Plural in this case. The agreement is usually made with the noun phrase after than . CJ

Then, how about "Over two million people have died" if the writer could not give the exact number. As far as I know, a prepositional phrase can take the place of a complement or an adverbial in a sentence but cannot serve as a subject or

Personally I just use what feels correct (for me) in each individual case. Same here. And nine times out of ten I make the agreement with the noun phrase immediately after "none of". I haven't introspected enough to be sure whether

"none of" is always followed by a noun phrase, not a verb It's usually followed by a noun phrase and a verb. "followed by" doesn't necessarily mean "immediately followed by". The last word of a sentence always

I have always known that after an indefinite pronoun, namely "everyone," "somebody" etc, the correct possessive pronoun to be used is "their." E.g.: Everyone should always do their best. However, the "Canadian

According to what I learned, that is only applicable to subjects using constructs such as 'either or'. Either the dog or the cat is leaving. Either the dogs or the cats are leaving. Eiter the cat or the dogs are leaving. Either the dogs or

A noun phrase is essentially a noun. A noun modifier is typically an adjective. It's unclear what you're asking. CJ

how does noun phrase differ from noun modifier?

I agree with B about "He is a teacher." In that case, teacher is the predicate nominative. It's not an object. I agree with you that "that he loved me" serves as a noun phrase.

Sorry for being unclear. Yes, I meant 'I am' at the start of the sentence, before the word 'sorry'. Then what are the grammatical parts of a sentence like 'Sorry to be late in replying your email'? What's the subject?