By Gerunds, Singular verbs

The singular verb, 'gives', is used because the subject, 'Applying' (a gerund) is uncountable.

Before you go too far, Mr. P, would you care to comment on the side issues that has come up? The use of a singular verb when there is a compound subject of gerunds or abstract nouns?

Grammar Geek wrote:Perhaps we pair them in our brains, but not often enough in our writing that they would qualify for the singular verb, the way we do "fish and chips" or "love and marriage" or the other examples you gave earlier. Hmm...but isn't 'gerund AND gerund=singular' anyway?

Soulwhisper wrote: first of all....hi am a new member here from saudi arabia...and am taking morphology...and i have few questions need answers . first what can we consider the word..writings..in the sentence HIS WRITINGS WAS PUBLISHED IN ...is it right to say its containing lexical...