Timeline for Should the verb after "Quantities of" be in the form of plural form when meeting a uncoutable noun?
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| Jun 16, 2022 at 18:28 | history | migrated | from english.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Jun 16, 2022 at 18:28 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | See Sevastopoulos, linked to at Is bags heaps loads oodles stacks of uncountable noun always-treated-as-sing. | |
| Jun 16, 2022 at 3:02 | comment | added | aparente001 | @Beginner - Unlike Edwin, I don't often hear plural subject - singular verb like "Oodles of money is needed." When I do, it seems to be a verbal slip that can happen when someone speaks off the cuff. | |
| Jun 16, 2022 at 2:09 | comment | added | Beginner | @EdwinAshworth: Yes, this is just why I ask the question：From gramma it cannot explain why "Lots of..."/"Tons of water was wasted..." (in singular form?) I tend to reguard these words as a unit word instead of a "of..." meaning "a part of sth". So it seems it should be right logically but people don't say it naturally, they tend to use plural form of verb here for "quantities of....". | |
| Jun 15, 2022 at 19:01 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Oodles/pots (of money) is needed to buy a car like this. | |
| Jun 15, 2022 at 17:03 | history | answered | aparente001 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |