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English grammar is very messy. Since there is no Language Academy or any similar authority, no one has the authority to determine correct usage. Datum (singular) and data (plural) are Latin words. So many people use the plural word with a singular
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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
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The prescriptive rule has it that 'neither' and 'either' take the singular verb, so "Neither has windows" ('neither' is the subject) and "Either one of them has it" ('one' is the subject).
In everyday conversation, however, it is quite common
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Erik Neves wrote on 05 Jul 2004: Hi, everybody, This was an argument I got in with a friend of mine. Which is the correct form or ... (the word) 'secs' sound like 'sex'. Hmm... "secs is a plural word"... it seems I've
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