I have never seen 'police' used with a singular verb. I am a mud as far as English is concerned. My understanding is, " police" is one of those words considered correct in both plural or singula r, depending on the writer's

Thanks for your comments and reply to my queries. Your answers certainly erased some of my doubts toward the subject. What do you think of the following: 1) This is a list of medications which clinically show/ shows steady improvement on

There is no way of judging which is more appropriate; there is no context for your sentences. However, since the verb in #2 is 'are', you must use a plural form: 'contents' or 'contexts'.

That's how I see it, too. However, I'm a good enough computer expert to say whether the use of the plural technologies is really justified in this context - in other words, whether there really are many computer technologies or not. CB

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.

It sounds a bit awkward to me, but might be less awkward in context -- in other words, if the word "what" clearly referred back to a previously mentioned plural noun such as "words" or even "things". Why not

Could someone help me with this? 1 I restored factory setting so the computer is the same as when it came out of the store. This is okay, but "settings" is more common. 2 Every woman has occasion when she wants to look her best. Use

Now if I look up "are," the dictionary tells me that it is the present plural of "be." But what I would expect is that it would tell me that it is the present plural of "am" or "is" because those are the

All the three sentences are from Halliday's 'An Introduction to Functional Grammar' for which he didn't provide any context. I'd check the first sentence again to make sure I haven't spoiled it by typing errors. Your

Hi ecopsy, 1. This would work in the right context - describing a performance in the theater, for example. 2. This doesn't make sense - good trains on THEM could work if there were, for example, playing cards with different designs on