D.
To learn the other set of rules, we will use some sentences. Let's study them and supply the correct words to
complete the given rules.
Rules
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Examples
( subjects are in bold letters while verbs are italicized)
* Everybody likes the cakes that I baked.
Everyone waits for the new announcement.
* The number of people we need to survey is over a
thousand.
*A number of people are unhappy about the results of
the survey.
Singular indefinite pronouns take a
singuly
verb.
The expression the number is followed by a
verb while the expression a
number is followed by a
verb.
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Some of the decoration is missing.
Some of the decorations are missing.
or
9 Seven years is the maximum residency rule in UP.
* With words that indicate portions, such as
percent, fraction, part, majority, some,
all, none, remainder, and so forth,
determine the noun in of phrase to decide
whether to use a
verb.
Use a
verb with sums of money
or periods of time.
Nouns plural in form (such as Mathematics,
measles, civics, politics, and Physics) but
singular in meaning always take
verb.
Title of books, movies, novels, and other
similar works are treated as singular and
take a
verb.
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Mathematics becomes a challenging subject in today's
situation.
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The Burb is a movie starring Tom Hanks.​