All bad news spread(s) fast.
Textbooks teach that you should use singular forms with 'news'. In the sentence above, though, the plural form sounds more natural to me, somehow.
So, is it 'spread' or 'spreads'?
All bad news spread(s) fast.
Textbooks teach that you should use singular forms with 'news'. In the sentence above, though, the plural form sounds more natural to me, somehow.
So, is it 'spread' or 'spreads'?
News is an uncountable noun and, as a result, treated as singular. This is why a singular form is used.