Confusing English Grammar: “IS” or “ARE”?

Do you say “everyone is here” or “everyone are here”? If you’re not sure, you need this lesson! You’ll learn whether to use “is” or “are” with indefinite pronouns like everybody, someone, nobody, all, some, and none. You’ll also find out which to use with demonstrative pronouns like this, that, these, and those. Don’t make this basic mistake while speaking at job interviews or writing on English exams like IELTS or TOEFL. You can also read my free resource on countable and uncountable nouns to be 100% sure every time: www.engvid.com/english-resour...
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Check out the next lesson: "THERE IS" or "THERE ARE"? • Confusing English Gram...
In this lesson:
0:00 "Are" or "is"?
2:58 "Are" or "is"? - everyone, somebody, nobody...
4:09 "Are" or "is"? - this, that, these, those
6:12 "Are" or "is"? - all, most, some, none
10:18 Test Yourself: "is" or "are"?

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Simple explanation no worries. Are: It can be used for more than one element Is : It can be used for an element

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Thank you for this great lesson! I finally got it on the "... of the uncountable/countable nouns" :)

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Thanks for watching, everyone! Here's my guide to countable and uncountable nouns: www.engvid.com/english-resource/countable-and-uncountable-nouns/ Visit 10.bexenglish.com to learn more about my course, Correct Your English Errors in 10 Minutes a Day. And if this video helped you, check out my lessons on similar topics: Subject-Verb Agreement - all, most, some, none kzbin.info/www/bejne/epq7ZHmneq6Zl6s Single Items, but Plural Nouns! kzbin.info/www/bejne/poCXfqSwfrCKl9U

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Madam, I would like you to make a lesson on this topic. Why does it go this way, it starts with singular but ends with plural, like, If anybody comes tell them that I'm not around. If anybody gives you something say thank you to them, or say thank you to that person. Please madam teach us on this topic it's so confusing.

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Rebecca, this lesson would have been the perfect lesson to discuss a grammatical error that is displayed at the check-out counter of many supermarkets where a sign is posted that reads "This aisle is for ten items or less." Here the difference between items that can be counted (such as bottles of water or containers of milk) and those that cannot be counted or cannot be easily counted (such as sugar, rice, and salt) dictates whether the words "fewer" or "less" should be used in these situations.

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I've been finding a video which clear my confusion while using 'is' & 'are' but thank to you for cleared it.

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Very important lesson. I still find myself making some of the mistakes highlighted here.. thanks for bringing this up..

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[@dodo-susastela1485]

i am a filipino and had been taught that the word "some" per se refers to or means 'more than one' or 'several'. hence, 'are'. except in the case of 'someone' or 'somebody' which are definitely singular (because body and one are both singular.

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The word "some" can be confusing too, sometimes. I spill some milk on the table. In this case, "some" means "a little" I speak to some people at the park. In this case, "some" means "several"

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Native English speakers almost always get this right, but many of us don't really know why that is. I did know it was singular/plural related but this was most illuminating. Thank you.

[@helenamcginty4920]

I beg to differ. Many. Including most Americans, dont get the non obvious ones wrong. No one. Everyone. None etc. most speakers use the plural. Our mother taught us the rule about 'one'. Less and fewer is another one. Very few people use 'few', 'fewer' and then, of course, there is 'of' instead of 've' as in should've. Contraction of should have.

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Equipment consists of the things you need for a particular activity. Equipment is an uncountable noun. Don't talk about 'equipments' or 'an equipment'. You can refer to a single item as a “piece of equipment.”

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Hey there. I'm not a language teacher but English is my first language so I thought I'd take a crack at answering your questions. The difference between principle and principal is that the first is a guiding rule, or ethic, whereas the second is a title. For example, you could say something like 'I always check my blind spot when changing lanes, even when I know there's no traffic. It's the principle of the thing'. A principal is usually used to refer to a school headmaster. However, you can also use it to mean primary, or most important. Such as 'the principal investors of this project are very concerned about its progress'. As for 'each other' versus 'one another', there is very little difference. They mean the same thing. Typically, however, you'd say 'each other' in less formal settings, and when specifically talking about two things. You could say, for example, 'the gunfighters drew in a flash and shot each other dead'. 'One another' is slightly more formal (a bit more stuffy), and can be used when talking about more general topics. For example: 'Reciprocation is very important in society; the way we treat one another determines the type of community we build'. Hope that helps.

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Police is uncountable but uses "are"

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When I first learned English in primary school, many, many moons ago, we learned that things like teams are grammatically singular, so in a cricket match, the commentator will say something like "Australia is in trouble now", even though the team of course consists of many individuals. And indeed, that is just what they did - until perhaps ten years or so ago, when suddenly, one day, all sports commentators apparently collectively decided that teams are plural. And so now I constantly hear them saying things like "Australia are in trouble." As much as it pleases me to hear of the Aussie team's woes, it grates on me every time I hear that kind of thing. After a lifetime of battling it out with English grammar, and still constantly stumbling over its many pitfalls, it now turns out that even native English speakers cannot decide what the correct usage of their own language is. I give up. I shall henceforth wave around my accented, barbarian English with pride. :-)

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How about news? I learnt that the correct way to say is news is. But some people say news are😅

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