I have never seen 'police' used with a singular verb. I am a mud as far as English is concerned. My understanding is, " police" is one of those words considered correct in both plural or singula r, depending on the writer's

I would say that 'more than one' requires a singular noun so the third sentence is incorrect (in my view). In the first sentence 'more than one subject' is the subject of the sentence (in singular) so it should be correct.

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. 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

According to Merriam Webster's Dictionary of (American) English Usage, "Clearly none has been both singular and plural since Old English and still is. If in context it seems like a singular to you, use a singular verb; if it seems like a

According to Merriam Webster's Dictionary of (American) English Usage, "Clearly none has been both singular and plural since Old English and still is. If in context it seems like a singular to you, use a singular verb; if it seems like a

Hi Eff, Some do, some don't.. 1) From time to time, the palace is a venue for performances by costumed actors. (OR: COSTUMED ACTORS PERFORMANCES??) That's fine as it is. If you were to use 'costumed actors performances', you

None can be used in formal writing with either a singular or a plural verb depending on context. This topic has been amply discussed in the following usage note from American Heritage Dictionary. Usage Note : It is widely asserted that none is

NBC says "olympics are," but shouldn't it be "olympics is?" The olympics is a collection of contests and that collection ... and plural verbs with the proper singular and plural subjects. "There's many ways of

Hello I have a question regarding the OED definition of the word "predicate" It says:" The statement made about a ... i don`t understand what is meant with the logical copula and the personal suffix. why is it expressed by this? Is