ab is singular or plural?
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Noun. abs. (informal) The abdominal muscles. plural of ab [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
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A: The phrase “more than one” can be either singular or plural, depending on how it's used, according to The American Heritage Book of English Usage. When “more than one” modifies a singular noun, it goes with a singular verb: “More than one person is going.”
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When a plural noun denotes a specific quantity or amount considered as a whole, the verb is generally singular. Examples: Fifteen minutes is not sufficient. Ten kilometers is a long distance.
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You can tell which form to use based on the noun performing the verb. Singular nouns use is, while plural nouns use are. When you use the correct form of a verb that matches your subject, that's called subject-verb agreement. It's easier to tell whether you should use is or are in a simple sentence.
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Some indefinite pronouns — such as all, some — are singular or plural depending on what they're referring to. (Is the thing referred to countable or not?) Be careful choosing a verb to accompany such pronouns. Some of the beads are missing.
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Strictly speaking 'datum' is the singular form and 'data' is the plural form. If you're writing for an academic audience, particularly in the sciences, "data" takes a plural verb. The data are correct. But most people treat 'data' as a singular noun, especially when talking about computers etc.
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Use “no” after “there is” or “there are”. However, it's more common to use “isn't + a” for singular countable nouns, “isnt + any” for uncountable nouns and “aren't + any” for plural nouns.
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A singular subject (she, Bill, car) takes a singular verb (is, goes, shines), whereas a plural subject takes a plural verb. Example: The list of items is/are on the desk. If you know that list is the subject, then you will choose is for the verb. Rule 1.
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On one hand, number is singular, which calls for is. But people is plural, which calls for are. Typically, it's best to use are with a number of.
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If you use 2 as a word in a sentence - and notice that it would be more conventional to spell it out, “two” - then it is plural. In the following sentence: “Three people enter the room, and two leave” two is clearly plural, because the word forms the subject for “leave”, which is the plural form of the verb.
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“Ich werde es abgeben.” (I will give it up.) “Ab-“ is also a separable prefix, but that doesn't matter in this case because it's used with a modal verb so we leave it in its infinitive form. When a separable verb follows a modal verb, we leave it alone.
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These words include anyone, everyone, someone, and one. Indefinite pronouns that end in -body are always singular. These words include anybody, somebody, nobody. The indefinite pronouns both, few, many, others, and several are always plural.
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In standard contemporary Modern English, you is both singular and plural; it always takes a verb form that originally marked the word as plural, (i.e. you are, in common with we are and they are).
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Articles are among the most common of the determiners. There are three singular articles: a, an, and the. Articles specify (or determine) which noun the speaker is referring to. A and an are indefinite articles and are used when you are talking about a general version of the noun.
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Use is with singular subjects and are with plural subjects. Collective nouns usually take is, but you can use are if you need to emphasize the individuals who belong to the group.
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Yes all can be plural and singular but we're talking about the sentence posted above. So, ARE should be the right one and Dianelli is right. the thing they are referring to is singular or plural. For example, "All of her friends are here." All refers to friends which is plural and countable.
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"Details" is plural, but "is" is singular. Use "details are" instead. Some examples from the web: The link below details the measures already introduced.