By Regards, Singular verbs

In your first example, "three" is the subject of the sentence. The prepositional phrase "out of etc." modifies "three." The plural subject requires the plural verb, "own."The subject of your second sentence is "one," which is singular and takes...

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. There is a boy and a girl in the playground. 2. There is a boy, a girl and an old man in the playground. 3. There is a boy and two girls in the playground. 4. There are two girls and a boy in the playground. Some language experts now regard there is as a fixed, unvarying idiom that can...

Kathy456 wrote:1. There is a boy & a girl in the playground. 2. There is a boy, a girl & an old man in the playground. 3. There is a boy & two girls in the playground. 4. There are two girls & a boy in the playground. KathyThis topic has been discussed in another thread.Some...

Hello, Philip! Thanks for you help. You told me that the noun prosecution can take a singular verb form. It means it can also be written in plural verb form.So if you know the grammar explanation for it, please, let me know. Best regards, Sonja

Believer wrote: Hi, Yoong Liat I was looking at my Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary for the word 'ash' and it had a notation among other notations something like this. Can you tell me if that tells anything about its countability. I am confused about the "also N in pl"...

Thanks, Marius. I will keep this rule in mind. What I am puzzled by, however, is the fact that either of the examples you gave me doesn't refer exactly to the sentence I gave.In your first example, we deal with proper names, no articles there, and in the second one, with one noun in plural and...

Magda wrote:Thank you all for your answers. I asked this queston because I read somewhere a sentence: "What is the government doing? Can't they ...." so I thaught that with police it would be the same story.Best regards A collective noun can be used with either a singular or plural noun....

Anonymous wrote: Dear Group, Which of these is correct? 1. Our working hours is from 9 to 5. 2. Our working hours are from 9 to 5. Regards, Jeeva "hours" is plural, therefore the plural form of the verb. "Our workday", however, would require a singular verb.