2011年4月8日 · Are the words everyone and everybody singular or plural? And can I use a plural pronoun (such as their) to refer to these words? Grammarians actually agree that the words …

2013年6月16日 · As to whether the singular or plural should be used with uncount nouns, the plural is more common: Do you have any children? - ? Do you have any child? Do you have …

Plural and singular substantives joined by "or" or "nor." When a subject is composed of both plural and singular substantives joined by or or nor , the verb should agree with the nearer. …

2016年6月15日 · A commercial company is not a (plural) collective noun. It is a (singular) legal entity. But it can be used as shorthand for a "group of people", and that is a plural collective …

The plural form covers the singular meaning because it's used as a class. For example, we say "one or more objects" to mean "one object or several objects". We read this quite naturally and …

It can modify either plural count nouns or singular mass nouns, which means that any singular noun modified by any is automatically interpreted as a mass noun. That's what happens to …

2010年9月21日 · This is also true of companies, bands, sports teams and other things which are commonly used in plural forms as well as singular forms. The verbs are usually plural for one …

According to the OALD, group can actually serve as either a plural or singular noun. The category they give is "countable + singular or plural verb". So, an example of correct use is: A group of …

2017年4月22日 · Determinatives are not per se singular or plural (except these and those), but they select singular or plural nouns. When both appears without the head noun, as it does …

2022年3月3日 · The plural personnels is not used, because this word is a collective noun, i.e. a singular noun that can be treated as plural and gets a plural verb, just like police, family, etc. …