Hi Alex Here's a good description of the kinds of indefinite pronouns and the verb forms they require: http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?p=319 In the first sentence i would say neither of them is her boyfriend. Or you could say "Neither

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

"the break even point analysis is all right if you have a one product business"?. Just pay extra attention to this point a + singular noun beginning with a consonant: a car, a stare, a dog, a cat ... an + singular noun

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.

Hi, Data. In everyday speech, 'datum' is very rarely used. Note that 'data' is very commonly treated as a singular noun , eg the data is interesting. Clive I'm not fond of this, but as long as we

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

Just found your question. The line is from a poem (William Cowper's "Verses Supposed to be Written By Alexander Selkirk") , and is written with "poetic licence" --that is, with a syntax not typical of everyday speech.

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,"

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