By Plurals, Sentence structures

Hi Goodman If you had followed the thread closely, you would have noticed the following. In other words a guru has replied to the question. I agree with Barbara because she has a good command of English, and I've read about this usage before. Creativeguru asked:Only 5% of our students are...

From my Googling, I entered a quoted search “20% of the population”. Then I randomly selected these articles and the result was nearly 50/50 with singular and plural verb agreement. Uganda, Abstinence and the Spread of HIV : NPR Aug 14, 2006 ... In Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and...

Hi Liat,I think what you said is contradicting. You are saying both of my exmaples are grammatically acceptable only with the right perception. A group of students was found lost in the forest. (If the students are perceived as a group, is should be used.) If the rule sticks as you described...

Liat, I don’t think the correct answer should be dependent on the number of student based on the original question which was only 5% of the students are placed after completion of their training. Clearly, the subject is the percentage which is “5%”, not the student; if my understanding is true....

I read this in newspaper it was caption for recruitment ad our client is one of the largest diamond companies, a truly global company employing over 20,000 worldwide. The following personnel are required for their expansion plan In the start of the sentence, our client is one of the largest...

Song lyrics are not necessarily common usage, particularly the sentence structure. 'Counting the + time unit plural' usually means 'waiting impatiently for a future event', but here is seems to mean 'enjoying the years' (with his/her main squeeze).

Thank you, Doll again. I did a little search by googling some phrases and I think I came out with this: "what seems to be" for 1, 300,000 hits (mostly for singular nouns) "what seem to be" for 379,000 hits (mostly for plural nouns) So, I would say that regardless of the sentence...

Please help me to correct these sentences without modifying the sentence structure at all. I know some sentences are messep up, but just help with the grammar and punctuation. Youe help would be really appreciated.1.By providing an almost complete story about a carrier women’s life at the...

Dear Beverly, I am not an English expert, (far from it, I too suck at writing and am a terrible speller and it is my first and only language!) but if I were to judge you by your letter and the writing skills demonstrated there....Well I'm sorry to say but you are not writing at a level that...

Most common sentence structure "popular" do not require the plural of status (es); My status over the years has changed. The Vietnam statuses / status had changed with the new immigration laws.