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Block 10

Some words end in –s and appear to be plural but are really singular and require singular verbs.

  • The news from the front is bad.

  • Measles is a dangerous disease for pregnant women.

On the other hand, some words ending in –s refer to a single thing but are nonetheless plural and require a plural verb.

  • My assets were wiped out in the depression.

  • The average worker’s earnings have gone up dramatically.

  • Our thanks go to the workers who supported the union.

The names of sport teams that do not end in “s” will take a plural verb: The Miami Heat have been looking..., The Connecticut Sun are hoping that new talent... .

Block 11

Fractional expressions such as half of, a part of, a percentage of, a majority of are sometimes singular and sometimes plural, depending on the meaning. (The same is true, of course, when all, any, more, most and some act as subjects.) Sums and products of mathematical processes are expressed as singular and require singular verbs. The expression “more than one” (oddly enough) takes a singular verb: “More than one student has tried this.”

  • Some of the voters are still angry.

  • A large percentage of the older population is voting against her.

  • Two-fifths of the troops were lost in the battle.

  • Two-fifths of the vineyard was destroyed by fire.

  • Forty percent of the students are in favor of changing the policy.

  • Forty percent of the student body is in favor of changing the policy.

  • Two and two is four. ● Four times four divided by two is eight.

Block 12

If your sentence compounds a positive and a negative subject and one is plural, the other singular, the verb should agree with the positive subject.

  • The department members but not the chair have decided not to teach on Valentine’s Day

  • It is not the faculty members but the president who decides this issue.

  • It was the speaker, not his ideas, that has provoked the students to riot.

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Список использованной литературы и словарей

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