1.' of ' is one of the middleman. Remove the word and check it
2. " and" give plural verb .
3. additive words like in addition to, as well as, along with, a , accompanied by, together with, including are all singular
4. or , " either ... or " , neither .. nor follow the subject after or
5. collective nouns are singular : army , audience, administration, class, crowd,faculty , ochestra,team
6. Indefinite pronouns : Anyone, whatever, Someone,everyone,Whoever. someone, something
are all singular except SANAM
Some, Any,None, All,Most depends on the situation
7.. Each and every are always singular , but when followed by subject they follow the
degree of the subject
8. "The number of X " is plural . A number of X is singular
The majority of students are ; the student majority is
9. Subject phrase like " having" , whatever are all singular
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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