Noun(s) verb

A dog was
Some dogs were

quibbleWhen you use (s) to indicate it can be singular or plural, what should the following verb be?

You can't have Dog was without an article, so the question doesn't make sense. Let's try it with the.

The dog(s) was/were ...

You'll need both, separated by a slash, as shown.

CJ

Ah, I see. I didn't answer the question, sorry.

Thank you both!