Singular: when talking about one object
plural: when talking about multiple objects
(singular, single)
The word corn is both singular and plural. If you wanted to use the singular form it would be grain of corn.
No
Both can be used in British English, with the plural being preferred. In Am.E. only the singular form is used except with "police" which requires a plural verb in both regional varieties.
The word 'criteria' is the plural form of the singular word 'criterion'. 'Those are the criteria that I used in making my decision.' 'That is the criterion that I used in making my decision.' It is wrong to use the word 'criteria' as a singular. Similarly, it is wrong to use 'phenomena' as a singular. It is the plural form of the singular word 'phenomenon'.
Is and are are both present tense be verbs. Is is the singular form and are is the plural form.He is always late.They are always early.Use is when you have a singular subject ( that is not I, then use I am).Use are when you have a plural subject.
We use is in singular form and are in plural form.
Phenomena is a plural noun. The singular form is phenomenon. There is some tendency to use phenomena as a singular noun, but it is not actually a legitimate form.
The word corn is both singular and plural. If you wanted to use the singular form it would be grain of corn.
No
The noun 'use' is singular noun. The plural form is uses.The word 'use' is also a verb: use, uses, using, used.
Both can be used in British English, with the plural being preferred. In Am.E. only the singular form is used except with "police" which requires a plural verb in both regional varieties.
The word 'criteria' is the plural form of the singular word 'criterion'. 'Those are the criteria that I used in making my decision.' 'That is the criterion that I used in making my decision.' It is wrong to use the word 'criteria' as a singular. Similarly, it is wrong to use 'phenomena' as a singular. It is the plural form of the singular word 'phenomenon'.
Antenna
In the subjunctive mood, the plural form "were" should be used with a singular object.
We use are when the sentence is in plural and is when the sentence is in singular form.
This is used in singular form while these is used in plural form.
The demonstrative pronoun and the adjective use of the word 'these' is the plural form of 'this'.