“Every one of us have a role to play” or “Every one of us has a role to play”? “A bunch of students were waiting outside” or “a bunch of students was waiting outside”? “It is I who am here” or “It is ...

Mastering subject-verb agreement is fundamental to writing and speaking correct English. This means a singular subject requires a singular verb, and a plural subject requires a plural verb. While ...

Collective nouns such as "them" take the singular if they are acting as a unit and the plural if they are acting as individuals. Ex: The team (as individuals) decide today if they want to strike. The ...

Two weeks ago, we started the series on word classes. And last week, we delved into report writing. I thought it would be useful to intersperse the series, so we go back to word classes this week. We ...