{"id":1720,"date":"2020-10-30T10:05:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T09:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/blog\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2020-10-30T10:05:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T09:05:13","slug":"is-vs-are-when-to-use-each","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/is-vs-are-when-to-use-each\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Vs Are: When to Use Each"},"content":{"rendered":"

The grammatical subject of a sentence is the basis as to whether you use is<\/i> or are. <\/i>We need to determine whether the subject is singular or plural in the sentence<\/a> to determine the suitable verb is vs are. Singular subjects will require “is” as a verb while plural or a collective noun will require “are”. A quick flashback<\/a> to help you find your way:<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0subject<\/b>\u00a0is a\u00a0grammatical<\/b>\u00a0term used to describe the nouns, pronouns, and noun phrases that occur before the verb in a\u00a0sentence<\/b>. Thus, the\u00a0subject<\/b>\u00a0describes a position in the\u00a0sentence<\/b>. When the verb is in the active form, the\u00a0subject<\/b>\u00a0of the\u00a0sentence<\/b>\u00a0is the “do-er” or agent\u2014who or what\u2014that causes the action.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As base verb forms of “be,”<\/span> is\/are <\/span><\/i>primarily use the “be” as the main verb that stands independently and as an auxiliary verb that makes the <\/span>present continuous verb tense<\/span><\/i>. In English we use <\/span>is<\/span><\/i> if the subject is “<\/span>he, she, it.”<\/b> And if the subject is “<\/span>we, they, you”<\/b> we use<\/span> are<\/span><\/i>. In the second case, <\/span>am <\/i><\/b>has the same function as <\/span>are<\/span><\/i> but we only use it when <\/span>“I<\/span><\/i>” is the subject.<\/span>
\nExamples of the use of is:<\/span><\/p>\n