By Plural subject, Singular verbs

 Hi check these please: Neither you nor he is giving me present (do we use singular verb with "neither" or plural verb with "neither"?  Are we supposed to follow the second subject (HE) to determine the "to be" (is) or is it as long as there's one plural subject...

Hi, . . . amenities that make your home the world. This is fine. Amenities make . . . a plural subject needs a plural verb. An amenity makes . . . a singular subject needs a singular verb Consider He cooks dinner. They cook dinner. Clive

Anonymous wrote: I went to a hotel restaurant and sat down in the dining room. There was a glass and some dirty utensils which had been used by a previous customer. So I told the waiter to please take away all the dirty utensils first, and then serve me. There may be a rule allowing a...

Well then, let's see your answers first, William. The rule being tested here is singular subject takes singular verb (The hat is brown) and plural subject takes plural verb (The hats are brown).

Hi,what is "Dual Blades"? Is it the title of a movie? Is it a person's name? Is so, you need a singular verb.

Here is an article I’ve found in the interest of singularity and plurality. It may be helpful in answering some of the questions.___________________________________________________________ Is None Singular or Plural? By Diane Sandford Published July 21, 2003 Welcome to a new feature from...

According to Answers.com, although "none" is etymologically derived from OE "one", it has been used as both a singular and a plural word from that time on as evident in the Bible, works of J. Dryden & E. Burke and many present day well known authors. Today "None" is considered to be shortened...

Number. Like other collective nouns number may take either a singular or a plural verb. Unlike most of them, it admits of a simple and logical rule. When all that it is doing is forming part of a composite plural subject, it should have a plural verb, as in: A large number of people are...

Hi, Do the questions have to start with "Do" and not 'Does'. I looked up Michael Swan's Practical English Usage and in it, it noted that when any of is followed by a plural subject, the verb can be singular or plural and in formal situations, the singular verb in more common. Does it only...

The first one, because -- actually, I'm not quite sure how to explain it. Well, a quick search on google for "thing after thing was" has about 100 results, while "thing after thing were" has none. Hmm. As I understand it, the only way to form a plural subject out of two singular nouns is to...