In Predicates^x, Plural subject^x

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) ...

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...

It's short for "Bananas are a type of fruit" or "The set of all bananas is a subset of the set of all fruit" or "Bananas are examples of a particular kind of fruit". Roses are (examples of) a (certain kind of) flower. = A rose is a flower. = The rose is a flower. = Roses are flowers. I realize...