Hi, quoted from Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary (http://www.learnersdictionary.com): a couple informal 1 : two or a few of something Note: In informal U.S. English, a couple can be used like a couple of before a plural noun. Ex: I

Dear friend, both a correct, but the first option is generally more common among British English speakers. The choice of the pronoun largely depends on your intention: if you wish to speak of a class as a number of individuals, you should resort

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

Apparently I did not explain myself well enough. If you look up a word in the dictionary like "eaten", if it is listed at all, they will reference you to the first person singular, "eat". My understanding is that this is the

Pleasehelp: Many usage experts explain that "public" takes a singular verb in American English; a plural verb in British English. You will also notice this with other words, such as "government."

Many years ago in English class, I learned that if a person were talking about a dream or if the person used the word "if", than the verb would be plural and not singular, i.e. I wish I were a dancer. I dreamed I were a

Hello Anonymous posters, As Mister Micawber has already posted, the noun stuff is usually uncountable, so that is the way you should generally use it. However, as Mister Micawber has also stated, there are a few very specialized ways to use the

I appreciate your input but please don't give it unless you know it is grammatically correct. This is excellent advice for banu82in. When a most of expression is the subject, the verb agrees with the word after most of . Most of the butter

I appreciate your input but please don't give it unless you know it is grammatically correct. This is excellent advice for banu82in. When a most of expression is the subject, the verb agrees with the word after most of . Most of the butter

The answer to your question is probably not as clearcut as you'd like it to be: Couple can take either the singular or plural verb. It all depends on whether the couple is seen as one social unit ( a married couple) or whether the members