Now if I look up "are," the dictionary tells me that it is the present plural of "be." But what I would expect is that it would tell me that it is the present plural of "am" or "is" because those are the

Hi, Here are my thoughts. I'm neither an English teacher nor a native English speaker, but an English learner as you are, so think twice before following any of my suggestions. I hope, native speakers will provide their opinion on your essay

I've got 2 short questions: 1. Is it correct to use "the" before the word "music"? For example: I like the music they create. In this case, yes. Because there is a restrictive clause. Compare with: "I like music.

Making a fresh pot of coffee and breakfast for us is what my mom does first thing every morning.. I have two nouns here, coffee and breakfast but verb is still singular. It sounds perfectly fine to my ears … Hi Goodman. But you do allow that a

By the way, gerund is an act which has no imapct to the nouns receiving the action as far as being singular or plural is concerned in my opinion. So “goals” does not impact its singularity. Making a fresh pot of coffee and breakfast for us

Establishing goals for a team is the essential building blocks for effective teamwork. I don't think it's necessary to say "for a team" . Also in this context, it should be "teamwork" in my opinion. Gerund usage is

There may be rules to the contrary, but my common sense tells me that you have a singular subject. Your singular verb "is" is correct, but your plural complement "blocks" is not. Offhand, I can't think of an example where a

Establishing goals for a team is the essential building blocks for effective team work. Establishing=gerund (subject of sentence) goals=object of gerund for a team=prep phrase is=linking verb How do I determine subject verb agreement? The subject

Yeah, I was suprised I noticed the mistake in regards to pronoun-antecedent agreement, especially since most people ignore this rule in speech. I chose singular because "establishing goals" was referring to "a single task of

Establishing goals for a team is (delete "are')= I suppose this is because the subject is the gerund 'establishing' which is singular. Correct me if I am wrong. I chose singular because "establishing goals" was referring