Hi Alex Here's a good description of the kinds of indefinite pronouns and the verb forms they require: http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?p=319 In the first sentence i would say neither of them is her boyfriend. Or you could say "Neither

Clarencetsang: If you have decided that you wish to start your sentence with "My favorite food...," you have two options: (1) You may follow the "rule" -- "food" is singular. So use the singular verb (My favorite food

why is "two of us IS here" correct? It is not correct. There seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding the side chat that Marius and I had earlier in this thread. The confusion is due to a misinterpretation of a few joking remarks that

Here are the answers: Choose the verb in each sentence: 1. One and a half apples are left on the table. 2. One apple and a half are left on the table. The verb is plural b/c the subject is plural - it's a "compound

Making a fresh pot of coffee and breakfast for us is what my mom does first thing every morning.. I have two nouns here, coffee and breakfast but verb is still singular. It sounds perfectly fine to my ears … When speaking, I would naturally use

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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",

RobertE wrote on 05 Jul 2004: Before an AmE speaker jumps back saying, "Well *I've* never ... an AmE classroom. Admittedly she was a rather strict traditionalist. Most American native English speakers would probably say "The

Bob Cunningham: ("Congregation" is a collective noun that properly takes a plural verb.) Michael Hamm, in direct response: ... if you're British. Which you're not. Someone, later: I'm an Antipondean, but I speak fluent Brit.

"Meant" to whom? If the comment is made "America should withdraw from Iraq.", does this mean that the speaker feels that all the soldiers from Tortolla should be withdrawn? This "America includes all the parts of the