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    Some phrases and words require a singular verb even when they refer to multiple things: 1) Expressions referring to part of something use a singular verb, like "Some of the book is..." or "A lot of the book is..." 2) Collective nouns like "class", "team", and "government" use a singular verb. 3) Certain words like "none", "everyone", "anyone", and "nothing" are always singular regardless of what they refer to.

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    Some phrases and words require a singular verb even when they refer to multiple things: 1) Expressions referring to part of something use a singular verb, like "Some of the book is..." or "A lot of the book is..." 2) Collective nouns like "class", "team", and "government" use a singular verb. 3) Certain words like "none", "everyone", "anyone", and "nothing" are always singular regardless of what they refer to.

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    Phrases and Words That Require Singular Verbs

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    Faye Fernandez
    Some phrases and words require a singular verb even when they refer to multiple things: 1) Expressions referring to part of something use a singular verb, like "Some of the book is..." or "A lot of the book is..." 2) Collective nouns like "class", "team", and "government" use a singular verb. 3) Certain words like "none", "everyone", "anyone", and "nothing" are always singular regardless of what they refer to.

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    Phrases and Words That Require Singular Verbs

    Some of the homework is... Some of the book is...(only one book, but this refers to part of the book) A lot of the book is... (same as above, only one book) One of my employees is... Each of my sisters is... None of the computers is ...(formal usage) The number of words is... Every one of the streets is... Somebody/someone/something is... Either/neither the president or/nor the vice president is... Anyone/anybody/anything is... Nothing in this school is... A series of computers is... A pair of shoes, pants, trousers is... (however, "these pairs of pants are" or "the pants are") Noncount nouns: The furniture is... The sugar is The information is Expressions of time, money, and distance: Three hours is the time needed to complete this test. Traveling fifty thousand miles is a long time to spend in an airplane. Ten thousand dollars is a lot of money to spend on an education. Collective nouns: class, team, government, staff, committee, public, family, crowd, group

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