service, however, considers none to be strictly singular. - None so deaf as those who don't hear. - None prosper by begging. The pronouns neither and either are singular although they seem to be referring to two things. Words after each, every, and many a are treated as singular. - Every dog is a lion at home. - Many a penny makes a pound. - Each man and each woman has a vote. Exceptions: When the subject is followed by each, the verb agrees to the original subject. - Double coincidence of wants occurs when two parties each desire to sell what the other exactly wants to buy. A measurement or quantity is treated as singular. - Thousand dollars is a high price to pay. Exceptions: Ten dollars were scattered on the floor. (= Ten dollar bills) Exceptions: Fraction or percentage can be singular or plural based on the noun that follows it. - Half a loaf is better than no bread. - One in three people globally do not have access to safe drinking water. A Question with who or what takes a singular verb. - Who is to bell the cat? - A food web is a graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecosystem. A mathematical expression is treated as singular. - Two and two is four. Always Plural Two or more subjects joined by and take a plural verb. - The MD and the CEO of the company have arrived. - Time and tide wait for none. - Weal and woe come by turns. - Day and night are alike to a blind man. Exceptions: If the nouns, however, suggest one idea or refer to the same thing or person, the verb is singular. - The good and generous thinks the whole world is friendly. - The new bed and breakfast opens this week. - The MD and CEO has arrived. Exceptions: Words joined to a subject by with, in addition to, along with, as well (as), together with, besides, not, etc. are parenthetical and the verb agrees with the original subject. In Subjective mood: - I wish I were a bird! A quantity expressing a certain number of items is plural. E.g.- dozen, score - One cow breaks the fence, and a dozen leap it. - A dozen of eggs cost around $1.5. - 1 mole of oxygen react with 2 moles of hydrogen gas to