By Singular nouns, Singular verbs

Abil,Yes, you are correct in "formal" usage. This may help clear any doubts: http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/english/2005/02/neither_or_eith.htmlLaura asks:How about using "neither" versus "either"? I transcribe for doctors, and this is one rule I just can't get...

Hi LiJ,Perhaps you caught that error in my recent post. It was illogical for me to write "more than (one options)."Since I made that error, it is better for me to borrow this text from The American Heritage Book of English Usage to share with you: "Here’s a riddle: How can you have...

Does anybody want -- once you conjugate the verb "to do" as you have in "Does" the other verb takes the bare infinitive form. That means it's the "to X" version without the "to." However, the word "Flicers" is a singular noun, so it takes the singular verb form, means. Does anybody want to to...

The sentences are correct, but your supervisor is out to lunch. Obviously, third-person singular nouns like "the agency" take third-person singular verbs, which DO end in S, for normal, declarative sentences. The agency reviews... However, in these sentences, you're using a different voice: It's...

Yes it means the same thing. Many a is a slightly dated or literary way of saying it.There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.After many a summer dies the swan.and from the Columbia Guide:many a is a locution that is followed by a singular noun, which in turn takes a...

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...

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"...

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.