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All: a singular noun?
0 I am struggling with the verb at the end of this sentence. 02 br
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00 "I will make this a quick meeting, since all of you are busy." 02 br
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00 Why is it "are"? I thought "all" was a singular noun, like "each". If the sentence used "each", it would clearly be "each of you is busy", so why does "all" change to verb from "is" to "all"? 0-
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00 "I will make this a quick meeting, since all of you are busy." 02 br
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00 Why is it "are"? I thought "all" was a singular noun, like "each". If the sentence used "each", it would clearly be "each of you is busy", so why does "all" change to verb from "is" to "all"? 0-
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0 because all is a quantifier, and each is specifier 02 br 00 as in "Each finger of my hand" and 02 br 00 "All the fingers on my hand" or "Each 00 of you" and 02 br 00 "all 00 of you" 0-
- 0 because all is a quantifier, and each is specifier 02 br 00 as in "Each finger of my hand" and 02 br 00 "All the fingers on my hand" or "Each 00 of you" and 02 br 00 "all 00 of you" 0-
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0 because all is a quantifier, and each is specifier 02 br
00 as in "Each finger of my hand" and 02 br
00 "All the fingers on my hand" or "Each 00 of you" and 02 br
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00 as in "Each finger of my hand" and 02 br
00 "All the fingers on my hand" or "Each 00 of you" and 02 br
00 "all 00 of you" 0-
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0 "all of", "a lot of", and "the rest of" do not agree with the the verb. It is the word which follows them which agrees with the verb (in number). 02 br
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00 All of the 01 i 00 students are 02 i 00 busy. 02 br
00 All of the 01 i 00 milk is 02 i 00 spoiled. 02 br
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00 A lot of 01 i 00 us are 02 i
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00 All of the 01 i 00 students are 02 i 00 busy. 02 br
00 All of the 01 i 00 milk is 02 i 00 spoiled. 02 br
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00 A lot of 01 i 00 us are 02 i
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A noun in the singular is not in the plural, that is you're speaking about only one thing or person - or of none -.
a girl, a dog, a table: these are nouns (in the singular). If you say "there's a girl in the room", girl is singular (only 1)/ "there's no girl in the room": girl is singular again (0 girl) / "there are 3, 102, many etc girls in the room", girl
a girl, a dog, a table: these are nouns (in the singular). If you say "there's a girl in the room", girl is singular (only 1)/ "there's no girl in the room": girl is singular again (0 girl) / "there are 3, 102, many etc girls in the room", girl
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