I`m 99% sure the verb should be HAVE, but I can`t explain why, since the subject is singular. I was told that it might have something to do with the mood of the verb be imperative in this case, I think? What about «The number of objects in group B is one greater than in group A»? The subject-verb match rules apply to all personal pronouns except I and you, which, although SINGULAR, require plural forms of verbs. The usual expression is a number of. You`ll rarely see numbers in sentences like yours – it`s not idiomatic English. The car is the singular subject. What is the singular help verb that coincides with car. However, if we are not careful, we can mistakenly refer to the driver as a subject, since he is closer to the verb than to the car. If we choose the plural noun rider, we will choose the plural verb that was wrong. A third group of indefinite pronouns assumes a singular or plural verb, depending on the meaning of the pronouns in the sentence.

Look at them carefully. 10. Collective nouns are words that involve more than one person, but are considered a singular and take a singular verb, e.B. group, team, committee, class and family. Note: The word dollar is a special case. When talking about a sum of money, we need a singular verb, but when referring to the dollars themselves, a plural verb is required. This rule can lead to bumps in the road. For example, if I`m one of two (or more) subjects, it could lead to this strange sentence: 4. Here`s the number of milkshakes you asked for. 1. If the subject of a sentence consists of two or more nouns or pronouns connected by and, use a plural verb.

I enjoyed listening to the number of programs on the radio. OR a series of programs? A plural noun must come after the phrase «number of». Therefore, the only phrases that can be grammatically correct on your list are those that use plural noun levels. We`re sorry, but we can talk about «convolutional layers» versus «layers.» Shouldn`t Joe be followed by the what and not by the merchandise, since Joe is singular? But Joe isn`t really there, so let`s say who wasn`t. The sentence demonstrates the subjunctive mood used to express hypothetical, useless, imaginary, or factually contradictory things. The subjunctive connects singular subjects to what we generally consider plural verbs. The subject of each of your sentences is «flat», a noun in the singular (see rule 1 of the subject-verb agreement). The purpose of this article is that sentences that contain «the number» and «a number» follow different guidelines, similar to portion words (Rule 8) and collective nouns (Rule 9). «A row of cakes is on the table» seems unpleasant to us. So far, we have worked with composite subjects whose individual parts are either singular or plural When a sentence begins with There are/here are, the subject and verb are reversed. After everything you`ve already learned, you`ll undoubtedly find this topic relatively easy! In this example, since the subject is a singular book, the verb must also be singular. Note: Two or more plural subjects related by or (or) would of course need a plural verb to agree.

The vast majority of events took place over the ocean. They take a singular verb when they refer to a single quantity: however, if the subject is plural, then the verb must be plural. 2. If two or more nouns or singular pronouns are connected by or connected, use a singular verb. Note the difference in meaning and therefore in the chosen verb (singular or plural) between the two uses of the statistics of the noun ics. In the present tense, nouns and verbs form the plural in opposite ways: these rules of agreement do not apply to verbs used in the simple past tense without helping verbs. The expression of the number is followed by a verb in the singular, while the expression number is followed by a plural verb. When printing was invented in the fifteenth century, many early English text printers spoke other native languages.

They made little effort to respect the English spelling. Although one of the short-term effects of printing was to produce [a number] of spelling variants, it created fixed long-term spellings. The verb in such constructions is obvious. However, the subject does not come BEFORE the verb. As subjects, the following indefinite pronouns ALWAYS assume singular verbs. Look at them closely. For more information on the use of the terms «a certain number of» versus «the number of», see the Concise Oxford Dictionary. GrammarBook.com`s answers are consistent with the dictionary clarification. As a result, «THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS HAS DECREASED», while «A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS EXIST» are correct expressions. Indefinite pronouns can pose particular problems in adjusting the subject. I was wondering if there were any exceptions to this «a» rule versus «the»? And does this only apply to the «number»? Thank you!!! 5.

Don`t be fooled by a sentence that sits between the subject and the verb. The verb is in agreement with the subject, not with a noun or pronoun in the sentence. The number of people attending the conference was surprising. The number of hot dogs he ate in five minutes was amazing! The number of students applying for the scholarship was three. 12. Use a singular verb for each ____ and a few ____ When used in the plural, group nouns mean MORE THAN ONE GROUP. Therefore, it uses a plural verb. I was familiar with this rule about the difference between «the number» and «a number,» but I wondered if it also applied to «a person» and «the person.» The average number of books owned by students was 0.66 in 2010 and increased to 0.87 the following year. The term «a number» is a singular noun when referring to an arithmetic value.

An example is: «Think of a number from one to ten. The phrase «a certain number of» is similar to words that display parts, such as some. For words that specify parts, the rule that a subject precedes a sentence beginning with von is reversed. «A certain number of» will assume a plural verb because the object of the preposition (the word that follows) will be plural. So far, we have looked at topics that can cause confusion about the correspondence of the subject and the verb: composite subjects, group topics, significant singular plural subjects, and indefinite subjects. 1. The number of people queuing up to get tickets was/was four hundred. Like the prepositional sentence, the clause that/that/never contains the subject. The number of students enrolled in the class is 20. Includes «a number» vs.

«the number,» but what if there is a list? Is the «number» always the subject or is it a modifier? Example: «The number of companies, applications and silos has increased over the years.» One thing that confuses writers is a long and complicated subject. .

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