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This tag applies to questions that deal with grammatical number: “singular” versus “plural”, and (rarely) also “dual”.

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When expressing a class of things, should I use a singular or a plural form?

Argh. No. You're hurting my ears. Neither sentence is correct. Correct: Dogs are the loveliest animals in the world. The loveliest animals in the world are dogs. But, because you are speaking of a cla …
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Using sentence subject to decide between "is" and "are"

In this sentence the subject appears after the verb. If you rewrite the sentence with normal subject-verb word order--My resume and cover letter are attached--you can plainly see that the subject of t …
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