I want to refer to several studies (which I call it work). It is plural. I am not sure whether I should use s
with the verb after it or not?
Previous work shows that ..
OR
Previous work show that ..
I want to refer to several studies (which I call it work). It is plural. I am not sure whether I should use s
with the verb after it or not?
Previous work shows that ..
OR
Previous work show that ..
In that context work is not countable, so your first example is correct. If you wanted to say "Previous papers..." then "paper" is countable and you should use the plural verb "show".