By Singular nouns, Constructions

Thanks everyone. Now I understand that in the "There be" construction, the BE and other verbs that take the place of BE are the main verbs, and the nouns following them agree with them. Originally I thought "going to do" can be followed by either plural nouns or singular nouns because "do"...

Mister Micawber wrote:Here where I live, we deal with those kinds of incidents almost EVERY DAY. Kind has two plurals, the old unchanged kind and the newer kinds. The original plural can still be used in the expressions these/those kind of:" —Usage. The phrase THESE (or THOSE) KIND OF, followed...

Hi, Why do we say "He will pay her for an extra two hours of work" when "two hours" is obviously plural?" "I'll take an extra dozen." "It will accommodate an additional three persons." In this kind of construction, we are thinking of 'two hours of work' as a single 'amount of work', and three...

CalifJim wrote: There is are a lot of questions which need/ needs to be answered.1 There was / were was a great deal of confusions at that moment…..2 There was were a few among us who still believed /believes that ……3 ___________________ 1 'a lot of' is number transparent. Make the...

There is are a lot of questions which need/ needs to be answered.1 There was / were was a great deal of confusions at that moment…..2 There was were a few among us who still believed /believes that ……3 ___________________ 1 'a lot of' is number transparent. Make the agreement with...

Anonymous wrote: Please answer the following questions: 1. Why the word 'police' does not have a determiner in front of it when my dictionary noted that it could be a singular noun? ... identified by police and parents as the day-care center owner... 'the' could be used, but is often...

Please answer the following questions: 1. Why the word 'police' does not have a determiner in front of it when my dictionary noted that it could be a singular noun? ... identified by police and parents as the day-care center owner... 2. Is the following adjectival construction acceptable? ......

The first one, because -- actually, I'm not quite sure how to explain it. Well, a quick search on google for "thing after thing was" has about 100 results, while "thing after thing were" has none. Hmm. As I understand it, the only way to form a plural subject out of two singular nouns is to...

You might want to read this, for instance, from the American Heritage Book of English Usage:The alternative to the masculine generic with the longest and most distinguished history in English is the third-person plural pronoun. Recognized writers have used they, them, themselves, and their to...

There are many mistakes here, mostly of usage. I will address the major problems here. First sentence: a teen have benn victim of a short missed ,then he tried to kill his agressor,he had a feud with the two boys. Let's correct the spelling first: A teen have been victim of a shot...