Correction Quiz

*Because the head-word ‘quality‘ is singular, the verb (be) is in the singular form (is).

*Here the subject is ‘a pen‘ (singular) in the first sentence and ‘three pens‘(plural) in the second sentence, so both sentences are correct.

*If there is more than one ‘person’, the subject follows the order of 2nd person, third person, and first person (231).

*If there is more than one ‘person’, the subject follows the order of 2nd person, third person, and first person (231). But in the case of ‘guilt’, ‘blame’, this order flips. (132)

*”Everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, none, no one, and nobody” are singular and as a subject need singular verbs. Also, these words take the plural possessive (their) instead of “his/her” to avoid gender biases in modern English.

*Correct: He and I are going to school. More than one noun/pronoun (He and I) connected with ‘and’ are plural subjects, so the verb takes the plural form(are).

*Correct: You or he was there. Explanation: If more than one noun/pronoun is connected with ‘or’, ‘nor’, ‘but’, the verb follows the last noun/pronoun.

*Correct: Neither of the boys was smart. Explanation: ‘Each’, ‘every’, ‘more than one’, ‘each of…’, ‘one of …’, ‘either of …’, ‘neither of…’, ‘none of…’ takes the singular form of a verb.