Agreement between a verb and its subject for number and person.
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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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Technicalities about “%”?
Usage of "%"
I'm almost positive it's a prepositional phrase since it's really means "per cent" or "per 100".
So in a sentence like:
90% of my street are doing lawn work.
It would be "are" and ...
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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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How to ask the question in the context? [duplicate]
I have a question regarding asking questions.
For example:
While working on this worksheet, I came across a couple of questions that I needed/need to ask you.
And
While working on this ...
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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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Tense after 'before'
Could you tell me why the tense of the verb after 'before' here is in past, while "I'm" is present?
I never ast for no fill. I never ast to come at all. I'm here before I knew this here was here.
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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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Will the sentences be correct?
We all know that universal statements are always in present tense. For example,
My grandma did not believe that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Here, though the sentence is in past tense, ...
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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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What should be taken into account? The verb or the list? [duplicate]
Watching Nat Geo, religious rituals on Youtube, and the full series of Saw back to back has exponentially increased my resilience.
Is this sentence correct? I am confused as to whether I should ...
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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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“Has received” in past tense sentence? [duplicate]
"It occurred to me that no Korean has ever received the Nobel Prize in Literature." In this sentence, is "has received" right, rather than "had received"? Is it because "that" indicates continuation ...
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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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Which is correct, “does go to” or “does goes to”? [closed]
Which is the correct statement?
Does she goes to Gym?
Does Rita go to Gym?
Does Rita goes to Gym?
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Grammar: did + past simple, is it correct? [closed]
I’ve noticed a few times where someone says something like “Did you made...” or “Did you worked...” when asking questions.
Is this some kind of unofficial talk or is it completely incorrect ...
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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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Relative pronoun verb agreement
In the sentence, “The dog gave me, who feeds him, a lick”, feeds does not agree with the person of the antecedent to who. I know that a verb used with a relative pronoun has the same number and ...
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The future as reported in the past
Is (1) correct, or must it be written as (2)?
John told me yesterday that this contract will not be renewed when it ends next month.
John told me yesterday that this contract would not be ...
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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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“There is a plethora…” or “There are a plethora…”? [duplicate]
A simple question that has sparked some debate, and I couldn't find a concrete answer anywhere. There seems to be two camps: The word plethora indicates plural, so therefore it should be "There are a ...
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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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Which verb to use when sentence has both singular and plural nouns
For example:
The floor plan and room numbers __ updated
I want to say are because of room numbers. However floor plan is singular.
The room numbers and floor plan is updated and The floor ...
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“I didn't know that Mary was an adult education student” — does this imply she no longer is one? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
He didn’t know where New Jersey was
“They knew what mercy is” vs. “they knew what mercy was”
Should we use past tense in "Lugo admitted he is the father"?
Present or ...
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Questions in indirect speech and verb tense change
Today I had another English lesson and all students were instructed by teacher to ask each other few predefined questions and then to report them. I got the following questions:
"What kind of ...
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“I said I would/will go” — which one is correct? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Usage of “will” and “would”
I said I will go.
I said I would go.
Which one is correct?
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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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Is the expression “It don't” grammatically correct? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
The grammaticality of “that don’t impress me much”
It doesn't.
Usually, we say it this way, right? But I have seen some song lyrics using "it don't".
(Examples ...
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Sum up the users? Or sum up the number of users?
Let's say that there is a list of users and I want to know how many users are in the list.
Would I 'sum up the users,' 'sum the users,' 'sum up the number of the users,' 'sum the number of users,' or ...
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Singular verb for two subjects? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
[Singular] Is/Are [Plural]?
Singular or plural following a list
Verb agreement in “Where is the Messiah and his Kingdom?”
I am having trouble with the following ...
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“I thought it was important that he say it in his own voice.” – That he say it? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When should I use the subjunctive mood?
I have often come across constructions such as the one highlighted below and wondered how to explain the grouping of a third ...
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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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Use Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Progressive and Past Simple [closed]
Carol __ [have] this computer for five months and it __ [already break down] twice.
Use Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Progressive and Past Simple.
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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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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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Explanation for “them's”
Recently someone said to me:
Them's the rules
I thought he had the sentence wrong, but as it turns out it is slang. I am learning English as a second language and I would really appreciate if ...
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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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Simple past vs. past perfect
Which is correct to use in the following example, simple past or past perfect?
We were completely in the dark after the wind blew the candle out.
We were completely in the dark after the wind ...
