dimsum, your examples don't apply. Fifty percent of something plural is still plural. One-third of something plural is still plural. I agree. There is a separate rule for percentages and fractions, but that rule doesn't apply in this

dimsum, your examples don't apply. Fifty percent of something plural is still plural. One-third of something plural is still plural. Anon, the subject of entire sentence is Google docs, but it's not the subject of the clause we are

They went back to the store again looking for another cart but there were/was none. Shouldn't it be was since cart is singular? I think I failed miserably to make my point. Yes, the verb agrees with "none," but if I'm not

Hi chattt, Welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us. Sorry your post slipped thru the cracks. Everything you say is correct. When you ask if the sentence is "true," do you mean "is it correct?" Yes, it's correct.

Sometimes it helps to convert a question to a declarative sentence, as you try to figure out the tense of the verb. Ask yourself what the subject of the clause is. Are there more than one? Is the subject singular or plural? The tree is what

I think the problem you are having is with the word "that." The easy way out is to give the sentence a subject so that the "that" is clearly the head of a pronoun clause. As, "All the problems that were in their heads were

Hi wholegrain I'm new around these parts, but I think I have an answer to this. "In Tables 1 and 2, few studies have controlled for dietary factors in their ANALYSES of salt consumption, which makes it difficult to compare the different

Of course I've seen your post. But there happens another example of plural case of what clause, even though I completely agree with what you're saying. So I posted the same topic again. Sorry for the fuss and thanks

StartFragment > StartFragment > I know 'what' clause can be singular or plural depending on the complement. ▪ What matters most is your safety . ▪ What she enjoys most about children are their smiles .

StartFragment > StartFragment > I know 'what' clause can be singular or plural depending on the complement. ▪ What matters most is your safety . ▪ What she enjoys most about children are their smiles .