By Singular nouns, Numbers

Hi,The way people talked in the twenties, thirties, and wasn’t that much different from today. As a matter of fact you’ll see a number of the same words used today. Of course speech patterns change from town to town, state to state and country to country. But one that’s stayed the same all...

The way people talked in the twenties, thirties, and wasn’t that much different from today. As a matter of fact you’ll see a number of the same words used today. Of course speech patterns change from town to town, state to state and country to country. But one that’s stayed the same all...

Liveinjapan wrote:large amountsbig amountsmany amountsmuch amountsa little amountsa few amounts ThanksLiJ Large amounts is fine; big amounts is grammatical but I don't think natives use it very much; many amounts is grammatical but unidiomatic - to be avoided; much amounts and a little...

Hello HT, Hoa Thai wrote: My old note stated: 'a number of ' is plural and 'the number of' is singular.We can apply this logic of yours to 'a number of ' too, right? 1. ?There is a number of reasons why my post may be misleading. 2. There are a number of reasons why my post may be...

Hi,I once heard a debate about this too. Here are the arguments of the two sides:1. The one that goes for are said that: if are is used for a hundred or more, then are must be used for infinity since infinity is greater than one hundred or any countable number.2. The other side argued that:...

Hi, sorry I missed this: In number one it should be "No one KNOWS", using singular verb form with singular noun. In number thirteen, there's nothing wrong with "over all the world", but people usually say, "all over the world." - A.

Hi, sorry I missed this. In number one, it should be "no one KNOWS", using the singular verb form with the singular noun. I saw it but forgot to write it down. (If I used the colors like I'm supposed to I wouldn't have missed it.) Hope it didn't cause you any problems. A.

People is not necessarily a singular noun (it certainly can be)."Both words have been in use for several centuries to denote the plural of person, the difference usually being explained in terms of people referring to a group of which the exact number cannot be determined or is irrelevant and...

Question 1Although the question has already been answered, I should like to comment on why arise is the correct choice. The subject of the clause should any difference arise is difference, which is singular and third person. One of the fundamental principles of English grammar is that the subject...

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...