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English Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement – all, most, some, none
Watch this lesson to learn when to use a singular or plural verb with four confusing pronouns:all, most, some, and none. Do you say “all of them is” or “all of them are”? The answer is easy when you know the rules. In this grammar lesson, I explain subject-verb agreement, indefinite pronouns, and countable/uncountable nouns. This is especially important for business emails, academic essays, and IELTS/TOEFL/Cambridge exams. To follow up and master this subject, watch my lesson on countable and uncountable nouns and download my free resource, with lots of examples. No more subject-verb errors for you!
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Who was deceived by the news like me? :) (8:23)
Yes, the word “news” is certainly confusing, because it seems like it’s plural, but it is in fact, singular! All the best to you!
Rebecca, thank you very much for your actual and inspiring lessons. Every time I find out something useful from them.
Thanks so much Rebecca and all team
Thank you Rebecca
Rebecca, thank you so much for this refreshing lesson about subject-verb agreement:-D, I just did the test before watching the lesson and I had 4 sentences wrong. Then, I watched it and I noticed why I made those mistakes. Excellent explanation and I will review countable and uncountable nouns to be better when writing or speaking.
A great way to gauge your progress! All the best to you!
Great lesson Rebecca!Thanks a lot!
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Excellent class, thank you Rebecca
Hello Rebecca! Could you answer the question? “None of them is” or “None of them are” which is correct? and why?.
Like “people” , i think “audience” is also plural word! What to say about it mam??? Thank you!
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very helpful
How do you count development
i have to practice again
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I learned one phrase parctice ..practice ..
Still confusing to me, but I will watch the video again and again till I understand. Thank you Rebecca.
Thank you somuch Rebecca.You are good teacher.I got 6 correct out of 10.
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Thank you, I need to improve. Thank you once again.
Thank you. Still need to improve.
Got ? ??
most of the cakes are delicious
all of the cars were old
some of the medicine was out of date
none of the rooms was clean
All good, except the last one. It should be:
None of the rooms were clean.
All the best to you!
Thank you
Need to improve more and more
Improvement done.
Hope to imporve again.
Gratefully, I understand how to use agreement of verbs.Thank you so much Rebecca teacher. You give me a chance to improve my understanding agreement of verbs.
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9/10
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I got 8
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Oh no! ??? I need to try again.
Tnaks rebbeca, you are very clear
Thank you very much, Rebecca. I love your presentation very much. Can I join any live class with you, please?
Thank teacher. All of your lessons are amazing and I usually try to improve my English skills with your teaching.
Great lesson！
But I think “none of + noun” is a little bit different from others after I learned from Adam’s lesson and looked up some information online.
When the sentence begin as “none of + plural noun”, the verb can be the singular or the plural. just like:
None of the students is free to go.
None of the students are free to go.
Both sentences are correct. but the explanations are different.
Adam says we tend to say” None of the students is free to go.” and “None of the students are free to go” is an informal way.
But the explanation online says, ” None of the students is free to go.” focus on the individual,
and “None of the students are free to go” focus on the group.
Can you give me some advice, Rebecca?
Thanks a lot
Thank you!
Thank you so much Rebecca ! Always useful to watch your lessons :)
from ten answered eight
I got 10/10!Thanks, Rebecca!
Thank you for the good lesson. I enjoyed it.
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what a useful exercise!
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This time I got 10/10
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Maam Rebecca nice try I love it!
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Thank you for your very kind words, Lorraine. Your energy, determination, and positive attitude will take you far. I wish you the very best now and in the future.
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thanks, Rebecca, for very simple teaching and good examples, I got it
I got 8/10.Thank you so much Ms.Rebbeca for having this online lesson it’s really
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Thank you teacher, I got 10 correct.
Thank you very much Rebecca.I got 9 despite off understanding everything.
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Thank you Rebbeca for being the best. I thought English is easy only to get 40%. I need to pull up my socks
Thank you Rebbeca, good lesson indeed
can you explain more about the word ALL. My question is when to use ALL+ NOUN; when to use ALL OF + NOUN.
EG:
All the developments were positive.
All of the suitcases were heavy.
THANK YOU.Please tell me when are you going to have a lecture about it.
1o/1o
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Dear Professor Rebecca …
Thanks a lot for your time and dedication to teaching the English language.
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Thanks a lot for the lesson!
hi, Rebecca;
can you tell me how to use this word [ ALL]correctly?
when the word ALL is followed by noun; when ALL is followed by preposition like [of]? see the below examples-
All the developments were positive.
All of the suitcases were heavy
Thanks Rebbeca!
It’s difficult to understand was/were but I got 7 correct out of 10
Thanks Rebecca youre the best teacher
Thanks Rebecca. This lesson is really great. But some kinds of noun is difficult to consider for me like audience and developments.
thank you very much Ms. Rebecca
thank you Lessonher for this interesting lesson
very useful ,thank you Rebecca
Thank you Ms. Rebecca.
I got 100
Thank you teacher, Rebecca. I have not back for a while now I got a bad grade. How do I retake the quiz?
Thank you. I watch the video redo it again got 80%
Once again , thanks for the good lesson
Kathy
Excellent. It was obe of my common mistakes
The most of my answers were correct
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I got a 100%. Thanks Rebecca
Thank you Rebecca
I got 8 out of 10 thanks ma’am
Thank you, Rebecca. All your explanation that you thought us in English are nice.
is the above sentence right?
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Thank you Rebecca. It’s really helpful for me .
Thank you, Teacher! I could never imagine getting all the exercises right
So helpful lessons iam so glad to have this lesson is so clear I appreciate that
thank you very much I got 9 but it was difficult
Rebecca none of the questions were not difficult for me. Thanks.
Isn’t ‘audience’ a collective noun?
Thank you 10/10
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I got 9/10.
Thank you! :)
Thank you Rebecca! This lesson has been very useful for me.
Rebecca, thank you so much for this lesson. Most of your videos are useful, and I think it is great to have videos and quizzes to practice.
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Mr. Rebecca, can I ask you something that you didn’t use ‘of’ after the pronoun ‘all’ so is that cool and matter if we don’t use
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I have got 10 correct out of 10. Rebecca, many thanks for this interesting lesson, is useful.
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Rebecca thank you for lesson :) 90! I very happy for listening to you :) , the only mistake I make
‘ children ‘ :(
10/10
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You got 9 correct out of 10.
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Thank you. I got 10 of 10.
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I secured 9 out of 10. Could you tell me about Cake? So far I know cake can be both countable and uncountable, In this context, why is it countable?