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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Haris
Hi,
I believe the question I'm about to frame might have been asked or discussed earlier, but I wanted to get a rather specific explanation, which is why I have posted here.
I needed to ask about the usage of phrase "More than one" in a sentence as in the following examples:
1a. He crafted more than one candle
1b. He crafted more than one candles
2a. More than one person was interested
2b. More than one persons were interested
3. More than one people are invited
It would be a great favour if I could an get explanation regarding the correct usage of (singular/plural) nouns and their auxiliary verbs in the above cases.
Thanks in Advance!
Haris
I believe the question I'm about to frame might have been asked or discussed earlier, but I wanted to get a rather specific explanation, which is why I have posted here.
I needed to ask about the usage of phrase "More than one" in a sentence as in the following examples:
1a. He crafted more than one candle
1b. He crafted more than one candles
2a. More than one person was interested
2b. More than one persons were interested
3. More than one people are invited
It would be a great favour if I could an get explanation regarding the correct usage of (singular/plural) nouns and their auxiliary verbs in the above cases.
Thanks in Advance!
Haris
Top answer
These are correct: 1a. He crafted more than one candle 2a. More than one person was interested 4.
- These are correct: 1a.
- He crafted more than one candle 2a.
- More than one person was interested 4.
- Many a slip comes between brain and lip.
- 5.
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These are correct:
1a. He crafted more than one candle
2a. More than one person was interested
4. Many a slip comes between brain and lip.
5. Many a man has died for his beliefs
'More than' and 'many a' have singular concord, since the noun (candle, person), is considered the head of the noun phrase.
Cf: More than twelve people were
1a. He crafted more than one candle
2a. More than one person was interested
4. Many a slip comes between brain and lip.
5. Many a man has died for his beliefs
'More than' and 'many a' have singular concord, since the noun (candle, person), is considered the head of the noun phrase.
Cf: More than twelve people were
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