It would seem to me that it has the characteristics of all 3 It would depend on context, though the use of "depending on location" is more difficult (for me) to contextualize (without some modification) as a noun phrase. CJ

I would say that 'more than one' requires a singular noun so the third sentence is incorrect (in my view). In the first sentence 'more than one subject' is the subject of the sentence (in singular) so it should be correct.

There are whole books on this subject, Anon. 95% of the uses of the definite article are at the front of a noun phrase to indicate that the noun is a specific one known to the speaker and/or listener, or that the noun has been mentioned previously

Hi ecopsy, 1. This would work in the right context - describing a performance in the theater, for example. 2. This doesn't make sense - good trains on THEM could work if there were, for example, playing cards with different designs on

Hi, Thank You, but can be "40-hour peer week" ? Y ou mean 'per', not 'peer'. You can say either of these. He works a 40-hour week. '40-hour' is an adjective. The object of the verb 'works' is the

Hi, Around the age of sixteen, you must make one of the biggest decision of your life. "Do I stay on at school and hopefully go on to university __? The answer is "later" However, I see people also say "three

In your original example about the suppliers, "this" (or, if you used it, "that") are demonstrative pronouns. They substitute for a noun or a noun phrase that has been specifically mentioned or is implied by context, or they

"Whatever book you want to buy is ..." "Whatever books you want to buy are ..." I'd say that the grammatical subject of the sentence is the noun phrase "whatever book(s) you want to buy". The

Hi, Can I use the word industry twice in a noun phrase such as below? mining industry or washed coal industry? You can, although repetition is usually best avoided if possible. It depends to some extent on the context. An alternative might be

Does what we call it matter? Yes. In the relevant context. That a word can be a phrase is one of the central tenets of transformational grammar. Without that principle, the whole system falls apart. In terms of TG, the subject of a sentence must