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21.5 singular or plural with numbers 1. Numbers and quantities require the verb that follows to be in the singular form. This is because they are seen as amass rather than individual items.
2. The use of
there is / was and
there are / were depends on whether the noun that follows is in the singular or plural, respectively.
3. Use
another , not
other , before a number.
4.
N one is followed by a verb in the plural.
YES NO 1
Two weeks is not enough. Two weeks
are too few.
1
Three hundred kilometers is not too far. Three hundred kilometers
are not too far.
1 Clearly, $1,000,000
is a lot of money. Clearly, $1,000,000
are a lot of money.
2
In this diagram there is a rectangle and two squares.
= In this diagram there are
two rectangles and a square. In this diagram there
are a rectangle and a square.
3 We need to dob another three tests. We need to dob other three tests.
=
We need to dob three other tests.
4 None of the tests
give optimum results. None of the tests
gives optimum results.
