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Marius Hancu wrote:Seven years -> have but you'll see both. However: It's going to be the best Christmas ever because this year I have done everything myself and the horrible atmosphere of the last seven years has lifted. I agree with Marius. In English the grammatical number...

Hoa Thai wrote:Hi all,After hours scanning through hundreds of hits on the Internet, I finally found an article at http://www.proofreadnow.com/grammarrules.html . Here is an extract:"More than one can only be plural in meaning but nevertheless often takes a singular verb, either modifying a noun...

Hi all,After hours scanning through hundreds of hits on the Internet, I finally found an article at http://www.proofreadnow.com/grammarrules.html . Here is an extract:"More than one can only be plural in meaning but nevertheless often takes a singular verb, either modifying a noun or standing...

Hi, Did you correctly use the singular verb here? Is that allowed because one person assumes the both positions? ... the chairman and managing director gives the presentation. In your opinion, why the sentce below is valid in that 'the' can be shared eventhough the positions 'president' and...

Tanit wrote: Hi, good question! I was wandering whether a slightly different point of view exists as for the subject of the sentence: He is one that knows the solution to the problem. or He is one of the few that know the solution to the problem. After some...

Zj.frank wrote:Dear all: He is one of the few that knows the solution to the problem. or He is one of the few that know the solution to the problem. Do the two "that"s denote different things? Shall we say that the first "that" denotes "he" while the second "that" denotes "the few"? If...

Here is an article I’ve found in the interest of singularity and plurality. It may be helpful in answering some of the questions.___________________________________________________________ Is None Singular or Plural? By Diane Sandford Published July 21, 2003 Welcome to a new feature from...

Thanks, Marius. I will keep this rule in mind. What I am puzzled by, however, is the fact that either of the examples you gave me doesn't refer exactly to the sentence I gave.In your first example, we deal with proper names, no articles there, and in the second one, with one noun in plural and...

I've found the followng article in The American Heritage Book of English.According to the traditional rule, nothing is invariably treated as a singular, even when followed by an exception phrase containing a plural noun: 1. Nothing except your fears stands (not stand) in your way. 2. Nothing but...

Just for additional information, here is the usage notes from a dictionary : When what is the subject of a clause, it may be construed as singular or plural, depending on the sense. It is singular when taken as the equivalent of that which or the thing which, as in I see what seems to be a dead...