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13 questions linked to/from Singular or plural verb after a series connected by "or"
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Confused about the answer for "Neither the employees nor the owner (cares/care) about the customer." [duplicate]
I'm sorry I couldn't be more specific in my question title. I don't have the vocabulary to pinpoint what exactly I have difficulties with yet; therefore, I'll try to explain through examples.
I came ...
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subject verb agreement in "whether.... or" constructions [duplicate]
Normally, we make the verb agree with the second subject in constructions of "either..... or" and "neither....nor".
However, I am confused about the following sentence:
the court ...
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Subject verb agreement with or and nor [duplicate]
Well a silly question to ask, shall we consider *shoes * as singular or plural? I would say that it is plural for it has a singular form shoe.
But then why do we write Either my shoes or your coat ...
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Singular or Plural in conjunction with OR condition that could include one or more objects [duplicate]
Which one is accurate?
...when one or two individuals do not have [an ID] or [IDs]
another example:
...this is the case when one or two students [are] or [is] missing
Theoretically, if one ...
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"If you or your mother need help" or "If you or your mother needs help"? [duplicate]
I've been stuck on this for quite some time and my mind's foggy because of the overthinking.
I would like to check which of these are correct:
If you or your mother need help...
If you or your mother ...
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Do I use the plural or singular form of a noun when saying "zero or one"? [duplicate]
E.g. Do I say "I have zero or one child" or "I have zero or one children"?
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Singular noun after "or," or is that in dispute? [duplicate]
In the sentence "A junk vehicle is any vehicle, or parts of a vehicle, which meets at least three of the following criteria...," shouldn't "meet" be singular due to the preceding "or"? I've ...
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Noun-verb agreement for a list of singular nouns including "I" and joined by "or" [duplicate]
I understand that when you have a list of singular nouns joined by "or", you should use a singular verb.
Example:
Either Chris or Len is the next player
But what verb do you use if one of the ...
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When a sentence starts with "No" and has multiple subjects, which subject does the verb agree with? [duplicate]
Should it be "No juice and coffee are served," or "No juice and coffee is served?"
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Controversy over verb choice in "neither you nor I {is/am/are} in control"
I was watching the film A Game of Shadows starring Robert Downey Junior and Jude Law when this line came up, "...neither you nor I is in control..." (I can’t remember the exact words that ended the ...
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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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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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Compound subject "or" [closed]
Do the girl or the boys like to play soccer?
Does the girl or the boys like to play soccer?
Which of the above is correct?
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