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.

Hi teachers, One of the threads has the following sentences listing personal strengths. And I just wonder why "accept" and "deliver" are used since the rest of the strenghts being described are of "noun phrase"?

Hi, I agree with you. I tried to search the Internet and both noun phrases are common. But the second sentence can be rewritten as He's making an instructional dvd on massage. And I certainly don't know what "instructional

a bolt from the blue= an accident happen suddenly Literally it means a bolt of lightning from blue sky. Would you expect lighting to come from a cloudless sky? Of course, it is a figurative expression. It frequently refers to an idea that comes

Hi Goodman, Thank you for the links. I understand "committed to" takes a noun phrase or gerund. But "infinitive" usage from the Oxford dictionary makes me confused. Maybe it's because my dictionary is old and

Morpho -syntactic analysis Whole sentences (Complex sentence) Raindrops, the size of green peas, plopped on the hospital roof as I sat on a hospital cart , slowly being guided toward my room. Raindrops = Subject (the doer) The size of green peas

Hi, no I'm not from there; it is a sentence I got from the internet. Um, yea I know what an adverb clause expressess. The only reason I ask is because the noun clause was followed by a main clause (and a comma). It seems weird to have a main

It is useful to define a sentence syntactically, as a unit which is one or more clauses. 1) The underlined words are an appositive phrase are they not? I don't see how. The infinitive phrase is a noun phrase serving as subject of the

How about the structure like: noun phrase + present participle and its complements? I wouldn't regard this as the central case. It's a less used construction. Semantically it is very aggressive to my ear. It has the aspect of ordering

(prepositional-gerund phrase) I had no idea such a thing existed. I think it's another example of the tail wagging the dog. Maybe CJ planted a seed earlier in the thread, mentioning an omitted "by." I didn't read it well and