I'm saying that in this sentence the uncountable noun "jest" is singular, and therefore calls for a singular verb, "is." It's like saying, "Your foolishness is wearing me down." Many nouns have both a

Hi, Could we have used the singular verb "differs" in your sentence? I think you are using the word "usage" as an uncountable noun. What is the difference between yours and this? New and old equipment needs (need?) to be fixed.

Hi Mach 2, thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums! We like to talk about countable and uncountable nouns. (Sometimes a given noun may act one way at one time and the other way at another time.) Both types could involve scalar quantities.

Please kindly indicate the correct answers for the following questions and justifications to the answers. 1. They do these things so quietly that nobody is ever sure of what (is/ are) happening. 2. Various kinds of food (has /have) been

Hi Amy >However, even when it means "many pieces of news', it is used with a singular verb. Do you mean 'a three pieces of news are reported' is incorrect? If so, this is a little different to an uncountable noun, isn't it? Because we can

Feebs11 wrote: News is a plural noun always used with a singular verb, meaning information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television. Hi Feebs I was taught that 'news' is an

Selecter wrote: Maya2 wrote: Nona is right Majority has plural value It's not always true. A/The majority of + plural noun = plural verb (are) The majority of + uncountable noun = singular verb (is) Moroccan is a countable

Hi guys, The majority of + uncountable noun = singular verb (is) This structure is somewhat controversial. My dictionary comments that 'Some people feel that majority in this sense should only be used with countable nouns', although it goes

Maya2 wrote: Nona is right Majority has plural value It's not always true. A/The majority of + plural noun = plural verb (are) The majority of + uncountable noun = singular verb (is)

Believer wrote: Hi, Yoong Liat I was looking at my Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary for the word 'ash' and it had a notation among other notations something like this. Can you tell me if that tells anything about its