(numbers) a large quantity or amount, often in contrast to a smaller one; numerical preponderance. The weight of numbers turned the battle against them . You use number with words such as `large' or `small' to say approximately how many

Your question is too general. All we can do in such cases is give very general advice, such as "Study the verbs more, and be more careful with number agreement in sentences". If you have specific questions about specific sentences,

Care must be taken while using nouns linked with and . If nouns are treated as separate things, plural verb must take place. Tea and cofee are the most popular drinks. __ Sometimes, some expressions joined by and have singular determiners, verbs

The nouns to which the "is" is referring to, are all singular compound nouns, hence the use of the singular verb "is". "two", "three", etc are compound nouns in the singular. Same as other compound singular

Which brings me back to my earlier contention; it is important to determine the number of your subject before you can employ a verb. If your subject is a single "group", then use the singular verb, if your subject is "groups",

<<<<and "m ost grammarians accept "t here was/ were a television, a radio, a sofa and a table" >>> I guess I am not a grammarian. I personally won't say " there were a television .." No, I

As Yoong Liat says. My point was that after all those plurals, the ear likes to hear a plural verb. Being so far away from "number," the ear forgets that a singular verb is being asked for. "Disasters" is plural, so the problem

. It seems an awkward word choice here, and I would avoid it except for its more standard uses (as in vote counting). However, I suppose that where it means 'a number of' it would take a plural verb, and where it means 'the number

http://www.bartleby.com/68/47/4047.html : Neither is paired with nor as either is with or, and in those uses as conjunctions they pose usage problems of agreement. Usually they will take a singular verb if both parts of the structure are singular,