Prescriptively speaking, "is" would be safer to use for formal English. However, when "neither" is followed by "of + plural noun", using a plural verb is extremely common -- particularly in everyday informal English.

Hi, The flight to Toronto, Canada, is fully booked, but we'll surely come get/be in touch with you if there are any __. (A) cancelled (B)cancelling (C)cancel (D)cancellations (D) sounds perfectly OK to me to complete the sentence above and

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

There is no plural usage of percent. It's either ...one hundred percent. or ...one hundred per cent. Regards

First, in both 1a and 1b, the usage of the word "symbols" is incorrect - in this case, the word "symbol" is actually plural in its own right. It's a very easy mistake as there's a vague, muddy (or, "unclear")

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."

<p>Am teaching English in Korea and came here via Google to check the common American usage for the plural Shrimp. I am British and would naturally use plural Shrimp, but I know that some use Shrimps. It appears that Shrimp is common in many

Hello all, Here are my two bits. Holland is not quite a nickname. Industry and, especially, a brewer of beer in green bottles have long been promoting the misnomer "Holland" because it saves some time and ink. They even use it as an

Please explain the usage of these: Which country doesn't... Which country has... Which countries don't.. Which countries have.. Isn't doesn't the plural form? Shouldn't it be Which countries doesn't... Please explain or

Hi, wholegrain, I think spaced_man's position is sound. He addressed your original objection in his second post, showing that your author did in fact mean to present a "meta-analysis," in which the "analyses were analyzed,"