No it takes a plural verb
The noun "minutes of a meeting" takes a singular verb when referring to the document itself (e.g. "The minutes of the meeting was distributed"), but a plural verb when referring to the contents or details within the document (e.g. "The minutes of the meeting were thorough").
No, a singular subject should take a singular verb. The verb should match the number of the subject in the sentence.
Oh, dude, it's "minutes of the meeting were." I mean, unless those minutes are somehow morphing into a singular entity and developing a mind of their own, then yeah, go with "were." But hey, if you want to give those minutes a personality, then by all means, say "was." It's a brave new world out there for office supplies.
Pronouns such as he, she, it, and singular nouns take a singular form of the verb. For example, "He goes to school" or "She eats fast."
The meeting has been moved to next Wednesday. The meetings have been moved to Wednesdays.
The noun "minutes of a meeting" takes a singular verb when referring to the document itself (e.g. "The minutes of the meeting was distributed"), but a plural verb when referring to the contents or details within the document (e.g. "The minutes of the meeting were thorough").
The word 'minutes' is not a collective noun.The word 'minutes' as a word for a written record of a meeting or decision is a plural uncountable noun, a type of aggregate noun, a word representing an indefinite number of elements or parts.A plural form, aggregate noun normally takes a verb for the singular. However, it is common to use a verb for the plural.Example sentences for aggregate nouns:The minutes from the meeting is being copied for distribution.Our luggage is in the car.The news is good.Your thanks is reward enough.It is common to say, "The minutes are being copied...", but the minutes is a single unit.
No, a singular subject should take a singular verb. The verb should match the number of the subject in the sentence.
Oh, dude, it's "minutes of the meeting were." I mean, unless those minutes are somehow morphing into a singular entity and developing a mind of their own, then yeah, go with "were." But hey, if you want to give those minutes a personality, then by all means, say "was." It's a brave new world out there for office supplies.
Pronouns such as he, she, it, and singular nouns take a singular form of the verb. For example, "He goes to school" or "She eats fast."
The meeting has been moved to next Wednesday. The meetings have been moved to Wednesdays.
I, he, she, it, this and that are singular.
"Law and order" is considered a singular concept, so the verb that follows should be singular.
Pronouns that take a plural verb are: we, you, they, and these; and any combination of singular pronouns will take a plural verb, such as 'You and I...'.
Since equipment is uncountable, it would take a singular verb. Equipment "is," but pieces of equipment "are."
Th noun 'research' is a singular noun, which takes a singular verb. The word research is also a verb.
A singular subject has a singular verb form.He/ she/ it/ and singular noun subjects like the boy/ my brother are singular subject and the verb form for singular subjects is verb + sHe likes ice cream. My brother likes ice cream. The dog likes ice cream.Plural subjects have a verb from with no -s.They like ice cream. The dogs like ice cream.This is true for present tense