Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Most of them is or are?

Question: "Most of them is.." or "Most of them are..."
Answer: "Most of them are..." is correct.
Explanation: Though "most of" is singular, but "most of them" refers to several persons or things, therefore it is plural, thus "Most of them are..." is correct!

7 comments:

  1. most of them are missing initials

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  2. very useful
    thank you for this help

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  3. Simple rule yet very useful. These are the little things that make so much difference, I always say this to my students :)

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  4. It is good that it is useful to all of you.

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  5. Thanks, exactly the answer I was searching for

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  6. In spite of mysterious formula "most of them is or are" it was very quickly available and solved my problem! Thanks!

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