The New York Times

ARE OR IS?; Whether a Plural or a Singular Verb Goes With the Words United States.

Written for THE NEW YORK TIMES SATUR- DAY REVIEW By the Hon. John W. Foster. Formerly Secretary of State, United States Minister To Russia, Spain, &C. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home ...
BBC

Subject - verb agreement

The verb in a sentence is the word that shows action or being. The subject of a sentence is the person or thing that's doing the action, or being something. Hello. I'm Mrs Shaukat and we're going to ...
Hartford Courant

SINGULAR OR PLURAL VERB?

“He is one of the people who consistently supports our positions.” That’s how Jim Sedlak, director of public policy for the American Life League, described John Ashcroft, President-elect George W.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Grammar's subject-verb and singular-plural agreements were violated even by Shakespeare

Some keen-eared Radio National listeners recently took issue with the following sentence, delivered on a book review program: "There's heartbreaking scenes in Murakami's new novel." It's not that the ...
THE WEEK

11 nouns that only have a plural form

Of all the grammar concepts we have, "plural" seems to be one of the most straightforward. You got one thing? It's singular. Got more than one thing? It's plural. But alas, language is always less ...