Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Proper verb when noun is singular but plural
Hi,
Can you tell me if this is correct?
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Only a limited amount of visitors are allowed at any one time.
I realized "amount" is singular, but represents many people, so is "are" correct, or "is"?
What about if one used a limited "number"? or a "small group of" does it change it?
Many thanks for any definitive answers.
Steve
Can you tell me if this is correct?
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }
Only a limited amount of visitors are allowed at any one time.
I realized "amount" is singular, but represents many people, so is "are" correct, or "is"?
What about if one used a limited "number"? or a "small group of" does it change it?
Many thanks for any definitive answers.
Steve
Top answer
"Amount" shouldn't be used with a countable. " In this case, "group" may be singular or plural, according to how you think of it in your mind. (notional concord)
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"Amount" shouldn't be used with a countable.
I'd suggest "A limited number of visitors are etc."
(The number of visitors is growing.)
"Only a limited amount of fuel remained in the tanks."
"A small group of visitors is/are waiting outside."
In this case, "group" may be singular or plural, according to how you think of it
I'd suggest "A limited number of visitors are etc."
(The number of visitors is growing.)
"Only a limited amount of fuel remained in the tanks."
"A small group of visitors is/are waiting outside."
In this case, "group" may be singular or plural, according to how you think of it
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