The sentence is:
None but the brave _________ the fair.
Where the blank is to filled with deserve
or deserves
. My understanding is that it should be filled with deserve
since the sentence here refers to more than one person i.e. many brave people and not just one, so it's it in the plural form, and hence, we should use deserve
.
But I am confused as more than half of the children in my class are using deserves
.
Also, I checked the internet and found this article using deserves
but the free dictionary using deserve
.
Can someone please clarify my doubts on this one.
Thanks a lot.
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things are going over my head :) – Gaurang Tandon Apr 10 '14 at 14:57