While typing , I became unsure of which form to use for a verb.      That would be the first time a morph has disappeared (except for Sario   Rips and allergies, neither of which apply here.)    Should it be "neither of which applies"?   Logic tells me it should be "apply", because it's plural (two objects, "Sario Rips" and "allergies".)   But, instinctively, I feel that "applies" sounds better.   Which one is correct?   Would it matter what the verb was? So for example, if the answer is that it should be "applies", should then any verb be in single form in this sentence? (Like "Neither of which does", "Neither of which has", etc.)
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With reference to       None of the above sentences is strictly correct.      Neither of the above sentence/sentences is/are strictly correct.    The person has used  are with none. This contradicts above notion of using singular with none. Which is more correct?  The first sentence is perfectly fine, but I'm getting confused from the second sentence. In this sentence, how would we decide about antecedents? Can we use both sentence interchangeably?
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I've just wondered by it is "description", but "to describe". It looks as if "to descripe" would be a more consistant choice. Is there any other explanation besides "this is how it is written for years"?  edit: Or alternatively "to describe" and "describtion".
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I am not sure if the singular or plural forms should be used in the following. Some people go for the plural, but it doesn't seem to have a plural antecedent.     Each month, the school holds a party. This event is / These events are/ successful because it attracts / they attract over two hundred students.   I'd appreciate your help.
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Since the version of the word "that" might matter to the correct answer, I'll provide the actual title in question:  Title:  Existing Solutions that Didn't Work  If someone could explain the why of the answer, I would be appreciative.  EDIT:  It has been suggested that this is a duplicate, and that may be, in a sense.  However, the after reading the suggested prior question, I'm no closer to my answer.  I think it may have to do with my use of the word "that."  Perhaps it is incorrect?  Using these definitions of the word "that:" I'm having trouble figuring out which definition of that matches my title.  Am I even using it correctly?  Perhaps I should use which instead:  Possible Title:  Existing Solutions which Didn't Work  If my original usage is incorrect, and I should use which, then the answer is simple since which is always a pronoun or adjective, and those are both capitalized in a title.  However, I'm having difficulty understanding which part of speech that is in my original title.
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Recently I've come across sentences that doesn't have "one" in it and it looks like odd to me because I'm used to say "which one...?" The sentences must be correct because they are from a grammar.  Examples:     Which do you prefer - meat or fish?      You can have tea or coffee - which do you prefer?   To me,"which one" would be more correct. I don't know. Perhaps sometimes "which" and "which one" can be interchangeable.
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When do exactly we choose to use have or take? They look sort of having similar context     I have a bath      I take a bath   And by the way, I saw that      I take a chance   Can't be transformed to     I have a chance   Can it?   *Moreover, If there's a verb used like the bath, it means the bath is no more a verb but a noun right?  Also very important is that , can they be applied randomly to *a verb or a noun?  Like :  *  - I take a choose   Or    I take an option ( this one makes sense but I mean in the context of delexical verb)   ?  *EDIT: My mistake , bath is actually not "a verb transformed to a noun, but its absolutely a noun."  So my concerns would be if they can be used interchangeably? And be applied to random noun?
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When using zero as a quantifier, is it correct to use the singular form on the object of the quantifier, or the plural form?  It sounds confusing when I put it that way, but what I mean is: Which is correct?   Your password expires in 0 days. Your password expires in 0 day.   Essentially I suppose I'm asking, does "singular" mean "one" or "the opposite of more than one", as zero is not "plural" in the traditional "more than one" sense?  I'm pretty sure "days" sounds correct, but I can't be sure.
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My wife and I are playing a game where you roll dice and move so many spaces in a grid "vertically or horizontally".   In the use of English it is very common to say, this or the other when it comes to making a choice  (exclusive or). Now I know that "or" can also be inclusive, for example "she couldn't read or write", or can be clearly used as an xor "you either come or not" making the statement true for only one of the options but not both.   My issue is where it is not clear whether it is an inclusive/exclusive or, the best example being our game.   I argue that you can move in either direction (inclusive) and the normal use of this conjunction in English should be inclusive unless specified otherwise.   Is this right?
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I came across an English learner writing     It snowed hard Monday.   After saying that it didn't snow on Friday and Saturday.  It didn't quite feel right to me.  I'd be okay with     It snowed hard.   or     It snowed Monday.   Is it okay for there to be two things ("hard" and "Monday") modifying the snowing without an "on" breaking things up a bit?
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Recently at work I was writing the following, and I have not been able to get a firm answer on which version is the most grammatically correct. The sentence is:     We would like to use one of the cables that _________ between rooms.   Is the correct conjugation run or runs?  I think 'run' is correct, because I think that the verb in the prepositional phrase is referring to 'cables' not 'one.' However, a number of colleagues have said that 'runs' is correct because one is singular.
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What format would the verb has to be singular/plural/depends? I have been using plural for this type of sentence, but I couldn't find any rules about this.  For example, does John have a cat? If does is omitted then I would be John has a cat. Do you change the verb has to plural form, have, if you put does in front of the sentence?
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If the subject of a sentence is separated by "and/or", should the verb be pluralized, as with "and", or agree with the rightmost subject, as with "or"? For example:     His co-workers and/or his boss was at fault.   vs.     His co-workers and/or his boss were at fault.
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If I have an item, combined with another item, is it still a singular subject in the sentence? For example:        This paper, combined with some glue, makes for an afternoon of art projects.   This paper, combined with some glue, make for an afternoon of art projects.      All of my experience tells me that it should be the first, but I have multiple people arguing for the second.
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Can anyone give a cogent, simply described explanation of why the verb BE in:  What is it?  ... doesn't seem to be able to be contracted with the subject:  What's it? *  Compare the sentences above with:  What's this? What's that?  These are perfectly fine. In fact, the contractions here should be expected in almost all examples of spoken English. Answers with references to authoritative vetted sources would be greatly appreciated.
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I've always wondered this but never asked. Given this statement:     Energy can be neither created nor destroyed.   Should it be or or nor? This is on Wikipedia so they are probably correct in saying nor but why is this so? In my opinion it sounds like it should be or.  The more I think of it the more I think it can be left up to interpretation or emphasis. For example, it could be interpreted to mean:     Energy = ¬Created ∨ ¬Destroyed   or     Energy = ¬(Created ∨ Destroyed)   Some help here?
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How does one correctly apply “in which”, “of which”, “at which”, “to which”, etc.?   I'm confused with which one to apply when constructing sentences around these.
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Sentences are:   "The rainforests are in danger." "Rainforests are in danger."  So in this case, I think that they are both correct sentences...but:  "Guitars are musical instruments."  "The guitars are musical instruments."  In this case, we are still making generic statements about a plural noun, but the second one sounds bizarre. This for a student. I'm not sure WHY it's awkward. Why do we opt for "The guitar is a musical instrument."  Thanks in advance :)