Last year we commented on a difference in how sports teams are referred to in Britain and New Zealand: "England are playing well", but "New Zealand is playing well". We wondered whether the ...

Making a case for a singular ‘they’ During a panel at the American Copy Editors Society national conference in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Friday, it was announced that the 2017 AP Stylebook will ...

Let’s start with various forms of disagreement between singular and plural elements in a sentence. 1. “Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are both 34, and neither have been engaged or married yet.” ...

Our elementary school teachers would state the rule: singular subjects will have singular verbs, and plural subjects will have plural verbs. However, in Philippine English, when there is an ...

What are linking verbs? Like the word suggests, a linking verb is a verb that connects the subject of a sentence to a noun, pronoun, or adjective.Unlike action verbs, which describe an activity ...

How does the use of singular and plural keywords influence search intent and results? Lidia conducted a unique data study analyzing keyword choice for ecommerce queries.