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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

More verb agreement

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More than one billion is needed to bail out the country.

More then three billions are needed to bail out the country.

Are the verbs agree with the subjects?

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" - It depends on what we are speaking of (and it should read '3 billion ', not '3 billions'). More than one person is unhappy today. More than one billion people are unhappy today.

— Mister Micawber

  • " - It depends on what we are speaking of (and it should read '3 billion ', not '3 billions').
  • More than one person is unhappy today.
  • More than one billion people are unhappy today.
  • More than 1 billion dollars is/are needed to make them happy.
  • ) More than 3 billion dollars is/are needed to make them happy.
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'Do the verbs agree?" - It depends on what we are speaking of (and it should read '3 billion', not '3 billions').

More than one person is unhappy today.
More than one billion people are unhappy today.
More than 1 billion dollars is/are needed to make them happy. (It depends on how the speaker conceives of the cash-- as a lump or as a lot of doll
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