By Singular verbs, Subjunctives

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...

Peaceblinkfriend wrote:Could you please tell me the reason why it should be 'were' instead of 'was' ?Because the sentence is subjunctive. Peaceblinkfriend wrote:what are the differences between 'there are not many differences' and 'there is not much difference'? "much difference" is uncountable...

Mister Micawber wrote:In all indicative mood sentences, it is a singular pronoun taking the singular verb. The example that you have exhumed, however, is a use of the subjunctive were used in conditional sentences stating a present condition contrary to fact (the trophy is not in fact the...

In all indicative mood sentences, it is a singular pronoun taking the singular verb. The example that you have exhumed, however, is a use of the subjunctive were used in conditional sentences stating a present condition contrary to fact (the trophy is not in fact the speaker's). Were appears...

Calif Jim I used past tense in the 'posing' example because I was imagining a press article describing the event. When we say "Manchester United are (or is) posing for photos", we are doing so in the belief that the listener or reader will infer we mean the players - or at least those players...