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agreement in subject and predicate

the water

the water

China

should we use “IS“or “ARE after “each of you”


foe example :“each of you __ responsible to the accident”


should use IS or ARE in the blanket

12:12 PM May 21 2011 |

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tiffintime

tiffintime

Sri Lanka

Each (one) is responsible.


Everyone is responsible.


All are responsible.

07:15 AM Jun 01 2011 |

hekmer

hekmer

Saudi Arabia

all of his money  ..... gone ـــــــــ> if 1: (money here some dollars)    2: (money here all his wealth) .


what we put in the blank : is or are ?

12:33 PM Jun 04 2011 |

Pavlionka

Pavlionka

Belarus

All of his money is gone. It doesn’t matter, was it a great deal of money or just a little money, because “money” is uncountable noun.

01:32 PM Jun 04 2011 |

hekmer

hekmer

Saudi Arabia

Pavlionka THANKS .


I DID THINK MAYBE IT IS LIKE AS IN ARABIC LANGUAGE . BUT IT SHOWS THAT IS  A DIFFERENT .


THANKS AGAIN .

03:51 AM Jun 05 2011 |

Pavlionka

Pavlionka

Belarus

hekmer, you are welcomeSmile


So, in Arabic language little money becomes countable, doesn’t it? How interesting! 

08:50 AM Jun 05 2011 |

tiffintime

tiffintime

Sri Lanka

hmmm


All of this car is in good working order.


All of these cars are in good working order.

07:37 AM Jun 06 2011 |

hekmer

hekmer

Saudi Arabia

So, in Arabic language little money becomes countable, doesn’t it?


YESWE CALLED THE COUNTABLE MONEY ” نقود ”  ... AND THE NON ” مال ” .

10:10 AM Jun 06 2011 |

hekmer

hekmer

Saudi Arabia

All of this car is in good working order. >> YES BECAUSE “CAR” IS A SINGLE , HERE .




All of these cars are in good working order. >> YES BECAUSE “CARS” IS A PLURAL , HERE .

10:13 AM Jun 06 2011 |

Pavlionka

Pavlionka

Belarus

All of this car – meaning “all parts of this car”?


I don’t feel like this sentence is even possible Undecided  

05:32 PM Jun 06 2011 |