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  1. Which is correct: The rest of the staff is or are? The rest of my ...

    Oct 7, 2011 · I hope you can enlighten me. I get varying answers in Google and I need to find out which is the correct grammatical structure for these sentences. The rest of the staff is/are on …

  2. Team is or Team are - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Is it correct to say, the team that will be attending with me is listed below: or should I say the team that will be attending with me are listed below

  3. Which is correct, "neither is" or "neither are"?

    In formal usage, it should definitely be is: Neither of these options is available. This is the traditional rule (iirc, Fowler’s discusses this at length). However, in colloquial usage, either …

  4. Is there a word for "a broad range of knowledge"?

    Apr 24, 2023 · The question is not exactly a duplicate, as the other questions seek a word for a person with such knowledge, while this one seeks the word for the knowledge itself. Suppose …

  5. If you or somebody you know ... are/is ...? [duplicate]

    @JasonM That's a good point; the last half of that sentence was supposed to be an arbitrary example, but I guess it came out with a professional tone. If I were looking for somebody to …

  6. grammatical number - "Content" or "Contents"? - English …

    Feb 21, 2011 · Content or contents — when do I use which form? I realize that the one is the plural form of the other, but they seem to be used interchangeably.

  7. meaning - "Convenient for you" vs "convenient to you" - English ...

    Jan 29, 2012 · Is there a difference between "convenient for you" and "convenient to you"? And if it is, could you explain it?

  8. "Have to be" or "are to be": difference in meaning?

    Nov 19, 2015 · Given that it is a necessity that both instruments sound true during the show, we could say that the sentence is trying to express the urgency of tuning the instruments. …

  9. Is there a word or expression for someone who knows various …

    Jul 4, 2017 · Like a pantomath but without being an expert in each subject. A pantomath (pantomathēs, παντομαθής, meaning "having learnt all", from the Greekroots παντ- 'all, every' …

  10. Why are the "donkey" and the "butt" both named "ass"?

    Apr 29, 2013 · It's a historical accident—they’re really two different words. In the sense buttocks, the word goes back to OE ærs, and beyond that to Proto Indo-European: there are cognates in …