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grammatical number - neither is vs. neither are? - English Language . . . In formal usage, it should definitely be is: Neither of these options is available This is the traditional rule (iirc, Fowler’s discusses this at length) However, in colloquial usage, either option is fine, and are seems to now be somewhat more common, at least on the internet A commenter here nicely describes the sort of thought process which probably pushes people (usually
Is there a single word for people who inhabit rural areas? Even today, _____ have been living in the past ( ____ = habitants of rural areas) Note- The inhabitants can be sophisticated or unsophisticated, literate or illiterate They should just live in a
None of us is vs None of us are, Which is Correct? Background We have a motivational poster in our office that says: None of us is as smart as all of us I think that it's grammatically incorrect, and here is my reasoning: All of the tigers have
Whats the difference between well-lighted and well-lit? Historically, "well-lighted" was overwhelmingly favoured, but it's been in decline for the last 100 years or so, with "well-lit" actually becoming the more common usage (40 years ago in UK, 20 in US) So in fact, Hemingway's usage was simply the norm for his time and his side of the pond
Should spaces be used between lt; or gt; and numbers or letters? The AMA Manual of Style says: Thin spaces should be used before and after the following mathematical symbols: ±, =, <, >, ≤, ≥, +, −, ÷, ×, ·, ≈, ∼, ∩, ∫, Π, Σ, and | a ± b a = b a + b a − b a ÷ b a × b a · b a > b a < b Symbols are set close to numbers, superscripts and subscripts, and parentheses, brackets, and braces (Highlight mine) However, this is only one
Shot or shooted - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Shooted is an obsolete, nonstandard simple past tense and past participle of shoot (source) You should not use this form Shot is proper It's still used sometimes, but it's really obsolete Example: He took his gun and shooted people just like, from one block of LePlaza and two blocks from the main police station of PAP — The Huffington Post, “Georgianne Nienaber: Senator Leahy Calls
Difference between This is and It is, These are and They are When I should use "It is" and when "This is"? For example when I show an apple to my son, how is better to say: It is an apple This is an apple What is the main difference between abovementioned p