Sometimes it helps to convert a question to a declarative sentence, as you try to figure out the tense of the verb. Ask yourself what the subject of the clause is. Are there more than one? Is the subject singular or plural? The tree is what

As I am the lone defender on the debate of singularity use, I need to be absolutely convinced with logic and reason. Wihtout questions, These examples are seriously debated and to me, each was based on individual interpretation. as I mentioned

Hi again, Let me offer and discuss a few examples that are very simple and concrete. Tom bought a table, a chair and a stool . He bought three things. Tom bought a table, a chair or a stool. He bought one thing. Tom bought

The group, the population, the chorus, the class, the team - all of these can go either way, depending on how you think of them. Half the team is black and half the team is white. Half the team are men and half the team are women. Half the team is

Hi. How can we tell if we are talking about one thing or two things when they are identical structually? 1) to the first and second generation to the first and second generations 2) to the black and white dog to the black and white dogs The first

Here is an excerpt about "notional agreement" from the AHD : Sometimes compound subjects are governed by a sense of unity and by notional agreement take a singular verb: My name and address is printed on the box. His colleague and friend

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... 4) .. man is the king of the universe. Man is king of the universe. Or... The man is king of the universe. The two sentences have very different ... of humanity. The second implies that one person, out of all of humanity, holds the title