Hi, Data. In everyday speech, 'datum' is very rarely used. Note that 'data' is very commonly treated as a singular noun , eg the data is interesting. Clive I'm not fond of this, but as long as we

It's alright. But the one Vorpar offered sounds better to me.

And what do you think about: “He is going to satisfy any caprice of hers”. Does this sentence sound OK?

Is "my every", "your every" an exception that is possible in addition to the regular form "every... of mine/yours"? How would a native speaker take examples like these? Big Brother watches your every move. Big

1. He is going to satisfy any of her caprices. 2. He controls my every step. (this one is idiomatic, so you can't separate "every step".)

Can we use “any / every + possessive pronoun + singular noun”? 1. He is going to satisfy any her caprice. 2. He controls every my step. Thank you in advance.

You have a compound subject, joined by "and." It doesn't matter if the verbs are singular or uncountable - the and-compound subject takes a plural verb. If uncountable nouns in the subject are joined by "or,"

every thirty-two pupils now HAS one microcomputer. Do we need to use singular verb since it uses EVERY? Please let me know.

Here is some food for thought. When each of the following example used singular verb, does it mean "one insect", or as I said, a collective species?: In all the examples you have quoted, each mention of "roaches"

As I am the lone defender on the debate of singularity use, I need to be absolutely convinced with logic and reason. Wihtout questions, These examples are seriously debated and to me, each was based on individual interpretation. as I mentioned