By Plurals, Predicates

1. The possessive of a plural noun ending in s is formed by adding: A. another s and an apostrophe. B. another s only. C. an apostrophe only. D. none of the above I think the answer is C. 2. Which of the following shows the correct possessive form of a plural noun? A. three dogs bowls B....

A) What concerns me is two facts. B) What concern me are two facts. Which one is correct? (I find there exists a paradox. A can be correct, because the predicate accords not to the object, but to the subject, whose morph seems singular. B can also be correct, because what can be...

Avangi wrote:Good morning, Hoa Thai, I appreciate the research. I think your second example is a little bit different, but I'm not sure I can explain it. The gist of it is, ten years ago you might have gotten one or two was one or two." Or you could say, "The amount was two or three." ...

Good morning, Hoa Thai, I appreciate the research. I think your second example is a little bit different, but I'm not sure I can explain it. The gist of it is, ten years ago you might have gotten one or two was one or two." Or you could say, "The amount was two or three." "Norm" and "amount"...

1. "women" - use plural to match "the elderly" & "are more LIKELY" 2. The goals of our program ARE - use plural verb with plural subject 3. MANY benefits - "Much" is for stuff; "many" is for things you can count. 4. there IS a lot of space (missing verb in clause) ...

Good link, Kooyeen, thanks. I love this line: "the notional attraction from the plural predicate nominatives will tend to make the plural are the choice" - uh, yeah. While I actually do understand that, can people who don't work with this stuff every day make sense of things like that? I guess...

They had been told what to do. - 3rd person plural, passive, indicative, past perfect (pluperfect is not usually used for English)Let them eat cake - 2rd person singular or plural, active, imperative, presentThe bus stop was situated outside the airport - 3rd person singular, passive (or...

I don't know exactly what you mean by "treating as a single entity". I was not treating -- at least I was not aware that I was treating -- peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as a single entity. I think the answer you're looking for may be "Necessarily so". The fact that the predicate...

They're bewildered by the singular subject and the attraction of the plural predicate nominative.

Ok guys, thread resolved: From BBC Learning English Service --- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv149.shtml We now need actions rather than words. What we now need are actions rather than words. Actions rather than words are what we now need And...