Clarencetsang: If you have decided that you wish to start your sentence with "My favorite food...," you have two options: (1) You may follow the "rule" -- "food" is singular. So use the singular verb (My favorite food

Hello, I heard you can use "They" as a singular non-gender-biased neutral pronoun. So, can I say as follows? This is a good way not to interrupt someone before they finish es speaking and to speak after they does.

why is "two of us IS here" correct? It is not correct. There seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding the side chat that Marius and I had earlier in this thread. The confusion is due to a misinterpretation of a few joking remarks that

Too many questions in one post!! 1. "If you add to a thread that already has 18 pages of discussion, it probably won't get much attention. If you have a new question, make a new posting." > Why is "posting" instead of

Am I seriously wrong if I tell her that SINGULAR REGULAR NOUNS (I'm not talking about proper nouns, plural nouns, or pronouns) DO NOT START SENTENCES, but follow an article or a word like "some," "one," "that,"

And what is the rule? The rule, which in English isn't of course always adhered to, is that a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural su bject takes a plural verb : My friend speak s English. My friend s speak English.

Making a fresh pot of coffee and breakfast for us is what my mom does first thing every morning.. I have two nouns here, coffee and breakfast but verb is still singular. It sounds perfectly fine to my ears … When speaking, I would naturally use

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

The fine staff sargeant showed two things: outstanding motivation AND dedication to duty. Those two things should use the plural form of the verb were . However, your friend may be thinking that for a Marine, motivation and dedication to duty

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