is most singular or plural?
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Senior Member. 'Most' is used as singular with uncountable nouns. With countable nouns, it is plural.
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You can use “es gibt” the same form for singular and plural. The thing what follows is the object of the sentence, so the verb “gibt” stays in singular.
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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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What is the plural of is? The plural form of is is are.
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"Lot" is the subject of the sentence and it is singular. "Is" goes with a singular subject, "are" goes with a plural subject. "There ARE lots" is correct because the subject "LOTS" is plural. When you say..."There IS a lot of animals"...that is correct.
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Here is the sentence: “Your employees are the business's most valuable assets.” Business is singular but it could be interpreted as plural. ... “The business's most valuable assets” is correct because business is singular. (Businesses is the plural of business.)
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A: “All” is a two-faced word. It can be either singular (“is”) or plural (“are”).
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And here's Garner's: “The preferred plural of pair is pairs. In nonstandard usage, pair often appears as a plural.” So our advice is to use “pairs” in a situation like this: “Each package contains six pairs of socks.”
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Although they have a plural meaning, most uncountable nouns like this (including information, administration, management, advice, accommodation) are singular with no plural form. This information is very useful.
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The noun usage can be countable or uncountable. In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be usage. However, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be usages e.g. in reference to various types of usages or a collection of usages.
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The following nouns, although plural in form, are regarded as singular, and, hence, are followed by singular verbs: Amends, news, tidings, summons, gallows, politics, physics, optics, mathematics. But she adds: Tidings is often plural (these tidings).
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Senior Member. In my experience, Americans tend to use the singular with acronyms even though, if spelled out, it represents a plural entity. Probably it's just simpler. British English speakers often use a plural where Americans use the singular, but I couldn't state a rule.
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“Both forms are grammatically correct,” Kennedy said. “ 'Final' is a noun that has both a singular and plural form, so of course it is quite OK to use it either way.”
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"Is" is to be used singularly and "are" is the plural. They're collective nouns, so either is fine. They're typically referred to as plural in British English. A company is a group of people in the same way a school bus is a group of children.
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Each is singular. ... Both is plural. It refers to two of something.
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['Scissors. Scissors has a plural verb agreement. ... ', 'Goggles. Goggles, glasses, and binoculars only show up in the plural. ... ', 'Pants. ... ', 'Panties. ... ', 'Clothes. ... ', 'Riches. ... ', 'Jitters. ... ', 'Shenanigans.']
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The correct one is: There have been many instances of outbreaks in vaccinated populations. This is because of instances/outbreaks being plural and have is the correct plural form. Has is singular.