In Plural subject^x, Clauses^x, Plurals^x

Futurehuman11 wrote:That fight comes in 10 days, when Lesnar takes on former UFC heavyweight champ Frank Mir in the co-main event of UFC 81. This is similar to the case of the second clause renaming the first. My teacher, Mrs. Smith, is the first English teacher I've had that didn't use 'is'...

1. "women" - use plural to match "the elderly" & "are more LIKELY" 2. The goals of our program ARE - use plural verb with plural subject 3. MANY benefits - "Much" is for stuff; "many" is for things you can count. 4. there IS a lot of space (missing verb in clause) ...

Marius Hancu wrote:It's definitely subjunctive mood. But it's not easy. Dear Marius Hancu,I hope you won't kick me out. From grammatical point of view, I totally agree with you. The if ...., ... would construct gives us a clue that subjunctive is in play, especially Today is the first word...

Niether / or question and usage Searching findings: If two singular subjects are connected by neither . . . nor or either . . . or, the verb must be singular as well. • Neither Spiderman nor Batman is going to the party. • Either Slim or Roger has to leave town...

Hi, Abbie, It may be unlikely that you, or anyone else for that matter, would have an occasion to use such a sentence, but let's look at it carefully anyway. There is John, whom I haven't seen in years, and Fred, my once-best friend, sitting on a park bench. If we remove the non-restrictive...