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Why doesn't the general rule apply to this sentence and a plural noun and plural verb is use...
The general rule is that if you use a singular noun you must use a singular verb and if you use a plural noun, you must you a plural verb.
No. This is wrong.
The verb agrees with the subject.
The ve …
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Are the verbs [**Did**] and **[do]** plural or singular in the sentence below?
The main verb is "did". It is past tense. It should agree with the subject, which is "you".
But the past tense verb "did" has this pattern in questions:
Did I do
Did you do
Did it do
Did we do
Did yo …
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The word [these] is plural distributive pronoun and the two verbs "like" and buy" are singul...
Not singular, infinitive. And infinitive verbs don't change their form.
The basic rule is that the subject must agree with the verb in regards of number and person. For simple present tense verbs, th …
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