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A date and time that suit you? [duplicate]
Which of these is correct?
A date and time that suit you
A date and time that suits you
I have always had doubts about this.
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“How does two friends” vs. “how do two friends” [closed]
Which of the following is grammatical?
How does two friends become lovers so quickly?
How do two friends become lovers so quickly?
I was thinking does would be the correct choice, am I ...
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“India have won” vs. “India has won” [duplicate]
I would like to know when to use singular or plural verb agreement when talking about a country. E.g.,
India have won the match.
India has won the match.
Which statement is grammatical? ...
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Pluralization rules for descriptions
Consider a sentence of the following form:
X, and the Y which comes with it, is good.
Assume X and Y are nouns, and X is singular. Should "is" be replaced with "are"? Is there some other ...
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Savings and Costs Verb Treatment
So this has been bothering me for a while in the technical reports that I have been working on. I frequently come across these two sentences:
The energy savings, ES, are estimated to be $100.
and
...
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Which is right: “what pants is he wearing” or “what pants are he wearing”? [duplicate]
Since 'pants' is one of those always plural words, I can't figure out which sounds right.
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Plural or singular when stating that an amount is enough
A colleague of mine corrected the following sentence in a text I had written:
A handful of iterations was generally enough for convergence.
According to her it should be:
A handful of iterations ...
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How to use “and” “is” “are” with locations [closed]
I am confused with how to use "is" and "are" with locations.
Which is correct?
a)Library and lecture room is crowded.
b)Library and Lecture room are crowded.
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A majority of those whose family or families
Is "family" both plural and singular? or would I have to say families for the plural form. for example, which of these is the best option:
"A majority of those whose family were unaware of their ...
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“One blue ball and one red ball is” or “are”? [duplicate]
Which is correct?
One blue ball and one red ball is preferred.
One blue ball and one red ball are preferred.
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“We makes” vs. “we make” [closed]
Which is grammatical — "we makes you smarter" or "we make you smarter"? (Where we refers to an institution.)
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“The doors is closing” — correct?
A friend of mine tried to convince me that the expression "the doors is closing" is correct. It sounds completely wrong to me, but googling for it turns up some results.
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How to reverse sentence so that their subjects and verbs agree? [closed]
How do you reverse the following sentence so that the subject agree with their verb............?
The president as well as his assistant have declined every comment.
The government’s reason ...
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Singular or plural “set”?
I'm having some issues with a sentence that is part of the purpose in a report that I'm writing. I'm not sure if the word "communicate" (in bold) should be singular or plural.
The applications in the ...
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2answers
264 views
Should I use 'is' or 'are' in this sentence? [closed]
Should I use 'is' or 'are' in this sentence?
Are Joyce and I going to finish the posters?
Is Joyce and I going to finish the posters?
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“Another category are/is appearance-based methods” [duplicate]
Another category of vision-based methods for fall detection are
appearance-based methods, which can be applied even with a single
camera, but can also benefit from multiple cameras so that they ...
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Which of several or’d-together subjects should the verb agree with? [duplicate]
There are instances when I have difficulties with the agreement between the subject and the predicate. Which of these should I say:
Neither you nor I am to blame
Neither you nor I are to blame.
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“The breast, along with the muscles [is/are]”? [duplicate]
The breast, along with the muscles [is/are] of normal size and shape.
Should the verb be is or should the verb be are?
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Correct use of is/are in a list of pronouns [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Using “are/is” after a list with “and/or”
My company's website recently received an E-mail stating there was a grammatical error in our greeting message. The sentence in ...
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is it correct to use “wide range of courses that has opened my eyes”? [duplicate]
Please tell me if the following sentence requires "have" or "has":
My degree in Cell Biology and Genetics has allowed me to take a wide range of courses that has/have opened my eyes to new aspects ...
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Should I use “has” or “have” to describe what a company [has/have] done [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?
I am writing a company profile, and am struggling with the language style. Which of these is better?
...
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412 views
Correct use of “is” or “are” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Singular or plural following a list
Would I use is or are in the following sentence?
The Pohutakawa Coast, Hauraki Gulf, and Waiheke Island is/are the backdrop for ...
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“The number of residents has grown” vs. “the number of residents have grown” [duplicate]
Duplicate:
“A number of students” vs. “the number of students”
“Number of attempts per question is unlimited” or “are limited”?
“A number of questions has been asked” or “have been asked”?
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Verb agreement in “Where is the Messiah and his Kingdom?”
Where is the Messiah and his Kingdom?
I think it should be "Where are the Messiah and his kingdom"; it just sounds better!
But my friends and even a teacher claim that "is" would be correct.
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2answers
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Is the sentence “My pain look like my pride” grammatically correct?
I am a native Spanish speaker but I have been speaking English for more than ten years.
That sentence is part of the lyrics of a song. I get the feeling that it should be "My pain looks like my ...
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Verb agreement of “heaps”/“lots”: uncountable nouns
I am a non-native English speaker and I recently started noticing that most people do not do the correct agreement of the verb with the noun when saying "there is"/"there was"/"here is". They say, for ...
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“Blue-green algae is/are present in the lake”?
I was once walking round one our local lakes with my family and there was a sign that read:
Blue-green algae is present in the lake [emphasis added]
I maintained that it should be are, however ...
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Using “are/is” after a list with “and/or” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Singular or plural following a list
James and Mark are going to help you.
Here, I use 'are' because the subject is plural.
James or Mark are going to help you.
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Use of “What kind”, and “What kind” vs “Which kind”
If we want to know the exact kind of a group of brids, should we say:
A: "What is the kind of these birds?"
or
B: "What kind of birds are these birds"?
If the questions above are phrased ...
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“There lie targets” vs. “there lies targets”
I have a sentence:
However, until then it is obvious that there lie intermediate “targets” — foo, bar and baz.
Is the use of lie in this way correct? The targets still exist, so I don’t want ...
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“Some is controversial, and some is my opinions” — is this grammatical?
I came across the expression
... some is controversial, and some is my opinions.
Is this correct? I wonder if “... some are my opinions” might be more correct.
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Most of the world thinks I'm awesome. The rest have not met me yet. have or has? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When “most is” and when “most are”?
I am having a dilemma here...
"Most of the world thinks I'm awesome. The rest have not met me yet." - the rest of the world has not ...
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Plural of “the [x] of [y]”
What is the proper usage between 1) and 2)?
1) "Determine the values of the coefficients."
2) "Determine the value of the coefficients."
Each coefficient has one value in this context.
Similarly, ...
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1answer
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Can plural you be followed by was, not were? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Historical usage of “was”/“were” with “you”
We was gonna have some fun
‘All’ below may be regarded as the singular, but can the plural of ‘you’ be followed by ‘was,’ ...
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Using “do” or “does” for two things connected by “and”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Singular or plural following a list
Does your mother and father know about this?
Do your mother and father know about this?
What does "this" and ...
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Subject–verb agreement: “are” versus “is” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Singular or plural following a list
My apples and orange are wrong
What is correct?
Her ripples, her current, her momentum is the fountainhead of science.
Her ...
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“Neither of you understands him as I do” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which is correct, “neither is” or “neither are”?
“Neither Michael nor Albert is correct” or “Neither Michael nor Albert are correct”?
Neither of you understands him ...
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Should I use “have been” or “has been” when I talk about two different things? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Singular or plural following a list
Of these two sentences, which is correct?
A reflexion and an analysis has been done.
A reflexion and an analysis have been ...
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When should we use proximity rule in “either/or”, and “neither/nor”?
According to this link, if at least one of the nouns involved is plural then it should take the plural form of the verb. Otherwise, it should take the singular form of the verb. But in the last part ...
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“Acme Ltd provide” vs. “Acme Ltd provides” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?
I'm a little confused if I should be using provide or provides in the following situation.
Acme ...
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More than 1000 gallons of paint is/are sold each day [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Plural/singular verb agreement with units
Does modifying a collective noun with a number make the subject plural?
Can anyone help me determine the correct verb in this ...
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2answers
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“… the top ten issues that the voting public care about” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?
Is “staff” plural?
This feels wrong to me (sounds like it should be cares) but issues is plural and in ...
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1answer
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“What questions [is/are] your data team hoping to answer?”
Over at stats.stackexchange we are having a minor kerfuffle over whether a title is using incorrect grammar. It has been edited and re-edited several times. It would be great to get some arbitration ...
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3answers
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What are or What is [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Singular or plural following a list
Which of the following are correct:
What are the primary cause and the primary consequence of the...
What is the primary ...
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Collective nouns and subject-verb agreement: general rule or arbitrary?
A newspaper ran this headline recently:
(1) Police crack down on IAC protesters. [emph added]
Why did it not read:
(2) ? Police cracks down on IAC protesters.
I have found instances of ...
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1answer
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Collective noun “police” — singular or plural? [closed]
A newspaper ran this headline today:
Police crack down on IAC protesters.
Isn't the following more appropriate?
Police cracks down on IAC protesters.
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1answer
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Plural followed by singular - “have” or “has”?
I'm wondering which of the following is correct:
Guns are an invention that have had an enormous impact on African history.
or
Guns are an invention that has had an enormous impact on ...
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How to refer to specified 'criteria', as singular or plural? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“Criteria” versus “criterion”
Criteria is a word which defines collective recommendations for any entity.
I was drafting an email to my client ...
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“Was” or “were” for “half a dozen”
In Microsoft Word, the following sentence is flagged. It tells me to use "was" instead of "were"
There were half a dozen books strewn about the floor.
I would think that you would use "were" ...
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Jury was divided or Jury were divided? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?
Is “staff” plural?
What is correct?
The jury was divided or The jury were divided?
I am ...
