Which is correct: "one or more is" or "one or more are"?
Feb 19, 2011 · With one or more is / are, the first thing to consider is whether 'one or more' is a unit or analysable. It has the near-synonym 'some'; 'four or five' could be substituted …
What is a correct punctuation for a sentence starting with "One …
The simplest and the one I would prefer is to treat it as two sentences: One more thing. Don't tell anyone about our conversation (on the subject of this and that ...) This also gives you the …
‘One less’ or ‘one fewer’? - English Language & Usage Stack ...
Jan 16, 2019 · When it says to reserve less for mass nouns, it means singular mass nouns.) One is always singular: there is one less food group in the new pyramid; there is one less number …
"There is/are more than one". What's the difference?
If there be more than one (which you might like better as Should there be more than one) Quotated, that gets 20M Google hits, as opposed to 246M for "is", and 168M for "are". I may …
Double possession dilemma: should I say “your” or “yours”?
Jun 8, 2016 · On the basis of that (one) corpus, then, your is more common in that context, but not overwhelmingly so. The GloWbE corpus gave me smaller numbers, but the same …
grammar - When is "more than one" singular or plural? - English ...
Jul 7, 2022 · A tiny change to the expression more than one changes the agreement on the verb. (10) More than one of the scientists working on a HIV-cure believe in a prompt breakthrough. …
Is there a word analogous to "dual" for three or more options?
Mar 5, 2017 · Not sure why one would use this rather obscure word when the natural and obvious "triple" is, well, natural and obvious. If somebody wrote "triune" where "triple" could be used, …
Number agreement when using “ (s)” for optional plural
We read this quite naturally and have no problem with the lack of agreement in number implied by "one objects". As Dave points out, the plural doesn't preclude zero or one of the objects. I find …
How do you greet multiple recipients in an e-mail?
First of all, it is more personal than simply "Greetings" or "Hi all". Secondly, if one of those people is the main recipient and the other is CC, or if one of them has a higher rank (say, he is the …
phrase requests - Alternative to "one more tool in my toolbox ...
Oct 31, 2019 · I could use "one more tool in my toolbox" to describe a final addition to the various methods I have for doing something. However, I'm not sure about "tool" occuring twice in such …