By Singular verbs, Essays

I can only tell you my experiences as a parent. My older daugher is 10. This year, she brought home papers in which she had to identify things like the simple subject, the complete subject, the simple predicate, the complete predicate, etc. She also had exercises last year on whether something...

Yoong Liat wrote: Starget1 wrote: Buddhaheart wrote: 10 minutes are too short for me to finish that essay. No. 10 minutes is too short for me to finish that essay. Yes. Since the plural noun (minutes) denotes a specific quantity (10) considered as a whole, a singular verb (is) is generally...

Starget1 wrote: Buddhaheart wrote: 10 minutes are too short for me to finish that essay. No. 10 minutes is too short for me to finish that essay. Yes. Since the plural noun (minutes) denotes a specific quantity (10) considered as a whole, a singular verb (is) is generally used. Hi...

Buddhaheart wrote: 10 minutes are too short for me to finish that essay. No. 10 minutes is too short for me to finish that essay. Yes. Since the plural noun (minutes) denotes a specific quantity (10) considered as a whole, a singular verb (is) is generally used. Hi Buddhaheart, ...

10 minutes are too short for me to finish that essay. No. 10 minutes is too short for me to finish that essay. Yes. Since the plural noun (minutes) denotes a specific quantity (10) considered as a whole, a singular verb (is) is generally used.

If the author views them as one set, then s/he will use is, yes.However, whether it is accepted by the reader (who may be the essay teacher) is another matter. Fundamentally, all 'rules' of the language (as here in the case of a compound subject) depend on an understanding and agreement between...

Henbeibi wrote: 1: What's the meaning of parallel? I suppose you are telling me I should use "to use" instead of "using". Is it right? - Yup. Henbeibi wrote: 2: What's the meaning of agreement? Radio seems the best way for them to know what are (agreement) happening in the world." - It...

Essay on The Collective Noun by Sophie Johnson Traditionally, the noun that names a collective is considered to be singular. Being singular, the verbial that denotes its act is also singular: (1) The family prays every evening. (2) Australia is playing against Portugal in the final...