Choose the correct verb: ‘The scissors ___ on the table.’
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'Scissors' is a plural-form noun and takes a plural verb.
The correct expression is 'The scissors are.'
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'Scissors' is a plural-form noun and takes a plural verb.
The correct expression is 'The scissors are.'
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'A number of' means several and takes a plural verb.
The plural verb 'are' agrees with 'applicants.'
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'Trousers' is grammatically plural even when referring to one item of clothing.
It therefore takes 'are.'
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The subject is the singular noun phrase 'The number.'
Therefore, the singular verb 'is' is required.
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The name of an academic subject is treated as singular.
Thus, 'Mathematics is' is grammatically correct.
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The committee is viewed here as one unit because 'its' refers to the group collectively.
A singular collective meaning takes 'has.'
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'Who' introduces a clause describing 'student.'
Relative pronouns connect dependent clauses to nouns.
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'Before' introduces the dependent clause 'you leave.'
A word joining a subordinate clause to a main clause functions as a conjunction.
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'Useful' describes the noun 'suggestion.'
Words that modify nouns are adjectives.
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'Repaired' takes the direct object 'the engine.'
A verb that transfers its action to an object is transitive.
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'Laughed' does not require a direct object.
A verb that expresses a complete action without an object is intransitive.
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The subject is 'Each,' which is singular.
A singular subject takes the singular verb 'has.'