In Singular verbs^x

Thank you very much CJ, Zerox, and Carson. You all have given me very valuable advices. After reading through all you said carefully, and then watching a couple of English TV programmes, I believe I can now tell the difference! The ending /z/ in most cases are much shorter, voiced but less...

Awence wrote: Again, i have problems with concord. i found this question in my secondary book i used years back. 1. Nobody will object to the proprosal, will (he. they). The answer given by my teacher was "they" and even though i quite agree with the answer now but i m puzzled that...

"kinds" is the subject of the sentence and is singular, requiring a singular verb, have . (present perfect, passive, to prepare) Please explain what do you mean by the above, thanks avangi.

Hi, 'Hobby' is singular, and requires a singular verb. Clive

Anyway, i dun understand why you mentioned singular verb and yet the answer given is "have been prepared"? Please clarify. thanks

Anonymous wrote: I went to a hotel restaurant and sat down in the dining room. There was a glass and some dirty utensils which had been used by a previous customer. So I told the waiter to please take away all the dirty utensils first, and then serve me. There may be a rule allowing a...

Awence wrote: Please kindly indicate the correct answers and justifications for the answers. 1. Various kinds of food (has/have) been prepared. "kinds" is the subject of the sentence and is singular, requiring a singular verb, have . (present progressive of to happen) Thank you. You're...

Please kindly indicate the correct answers for the following questions and justifications to the answers. 1. They do these things so quietly that nobody is ever sure of what (is/ are) happening. 2. Various kinds of food (has /have) been already been prepared. Come and help yourself to...

Hi guys, I am trying to determine what MS Word captures as grammatical issue and what is not. Just out of curiosity. I am taking example sentences from “The Gregg Reference Manual” and checking them in MS Word. It is able to recognize some grammatical issues but not all. I understand that...

Thank you so much!I see it's singular ("is") in the second pair, and either singular or plural in the first pair. I don't really know which I might be more likely to use, anyway. So it seems it's the structure "either... or..." that always go well with the singular, while "or" is a little more...