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Number agreement between subject and object
The other day, my father and I were expecting my brothers to come home. Upon hearing a car enter the driveway, my father said, "Your brothers are here."
When I looked at the door, I could see that it ...
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Which is correct: “special thanks go to” or “special thanks goes to”?
what is grammatically correct:
Special thanks go to Tom...
Special thanks goes to Tom...
IMHO I'd say thanks is one of those plural nouns which implies it requires go but I'm not sure.
It's for ...
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“On their back” or “on their backs”?
After the therapy, eight children (43%) became able to crawl/move on their back.
Or should I use "on their backs"?
Singular because each child only has one back, or plural because we're dealing ...
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“Many lost their life” or “Many lost their lives”
Many individuals lost their individual life.
or
Many individuals list their individual lives.
Each person has one life right?
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Should I use the singular or plural verb in mathematical formulae (“Two and two make/makes four”)?
I remember somebody correcting me once when I said, "Two and two makes four", since the conjunction and would imply the use of a plural verb. They would prefer I said:
Two and two make four.
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Should I use a singular or plural “one” here?
Sometimes I get confused over how and when we should use plurals.
For example, should we say:
They are the only one who is capable
of doing this
Or
They are the only one who are
capable ...
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“There are so many” vs. “There is so many”
There are so many questions on this website.
There is so many questions on this website.
The former "sounds right," but the contracted form of the latter does as well:
There's so many ...
