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The following words may seem to be plural, but they are not. They are always singular and they always require singular verbs A verb indicates the meaning of a sentence as it shows action, occurrence, or state of being. Verbs change form to show time, voice, number, person, and mood. In the following sentence, the verb have is used correctly: Ben and Ted have so many friends.
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each
either
neither
none
anyone
everyone
someone
one
anybody
everybody
somebody
nobody
anything
everything
nothing
Consider the following examples:
CORRECT
Each of the women has passed the test.
One of my roommates is studying abroad this year.
Everybody screams at the football games.
Everyone likes the new football coach.
INCORRECT
Each of the women have passed the test.
One of my roommates are studying abroad this year.
Everybody scream at the football games.
Everyone like the new football coach.
The following words are always plural. When these words are subjects The part of the sentence that names the person, place, or thing the sentence is about. Subjects are usually nouns or pronouns. The word firefighters is the subject of the following sentence: Seven firefighters were injured in the apartment fire.
, they require plural verbs.
both
few
many
several
The following words can be either singular or plural subjects depending upon what they refer to:
all
most
any
some
more
Consider the following examples:
Some of those books are mine. (Some is plural.)Some of that pizza is mine. (Some is singular.)
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Click the correct sentence. |
| No. In this sentence, are is not correct. |
| Yes. In this sentence, is is correct. |
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