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None and Neither: singular or plural?


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Hello there and welcome back to my Unlock Your English Podcast. Good to see you here. I hope you are finding the short lessons useful.

In this one, we take a look at the uses of NONE and NEITHER and check to see if they are are used with "singular" or "plural" nouns.

Please note: I mention singular and plural verb forms during the lesson.... What I should have said was, it depends on whether the "subjects" are singular or plural. "I" for example is only one person whereas we use "they" for more than one person. This is only an issue with the verb "to be" where we would see the following changes in the verb form:

I am  / was
You are  / were
he is  / was
she is  / was
it is  / was
we are  / were
you are / were
they are / were

Verbs themselves are not singular or plural and in most cases the verb form from subject to subject does not change, apart from adding a 3rd person "s" in the present tense only.

For example:
I play
you play
he plays
she plays
it plays
you play
we play
they play

I hope that cleared up any possible confusion.
Thanks for listening!

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Unlock Your EnglishBy Stephen Gowlett