What is a noun? It is a word to name people, places
When they are joined by “or” or “nor,” the verb should agree with the part closest to it
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Rule 3: For and/or or or/and, use the second conjunction in
Plurals refer to words that indicate more than one person, place, thing, or concept, while singular verbs are used to describe actions or states of a single subject
Some collective nouns can take a singular or plural verb, depending on whether they are considered as a single unit or as a collection of individuals: Compare
There are thousands of regular verbs in English, which means there are thousands of verbs that form the third-person singular simple
Plural verbs
When we connect two or more nouns using or, we use a singular verb with singular nouns, and a plural verb with plural countable nouns: A banjo or a mandolin is
In cases such as those, when you are unsure of whether to use a singular or plural verb, you can add "members of" before the collective noun, and then use a plural verb because "members" is plural
There are several ways to figure out whether to use a singular or plural verb
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For example: (1) A plural subject must have a plural verb, and a singular subject must have a singular verb
123 section G1-d) you treat most indefinite pronouns as singular so the answer is "was
In the present tense, if the subject (Third-person nouns and pronouns) is singular; the verb should also be in Singular form, whereas a Plural subject takes a Plural verb
Autobús (bus) ends in the letter S, so we must add ES at the end of the word Use the singular verb “is” instead of the plural “are
If the antecedent is plural, the pronoun is also plural and takes a plural verb
The following examples demonstrate this principle: The team is painting a mural
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Follow the rule in the post and place an added s on the end of the verb to agree with the singular noun
(The word "dolphin" is singular, but "sharks" is plural
in the present, at most two forms ‡, one for third person singular and a 'general' one for all other persons in either singular or plural Nonbinary they takes a plural verb, despite its singular referent, which can make the grammatically conservative uncomfortable
Remember that this only applies to the third person
Subjects linked with “and” When subjects are linked with and, use a plural verb
According to the OALD, group can actually serve as either a plural or singular noun
Contrast that with the British preference which favors the plural by 3:1