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today I am showing you the 10 rules of
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subject verb agreement is it one of my
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friends is fun or one of my friends are
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fun you're going to find out today hello
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guys in English the verb agrees with the
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subject what does that mean it means
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this he play baseball so you have to
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find the verb first the verb is play
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that is the action but now if you want
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want to find the subject you have to ask
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before the verb who plays or what plays
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baseball in this case it's who who plays
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baseball and the answer is he he is your
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subject and I said the verb agrees with
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the subject so we have to say he plays
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baseball there are many examples of this
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we are playing baseball we don't say we
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am playing baseball she has played
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baseball we don't say she have played
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baseball because the subject and the
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verb are in agreement easy right wrong
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it's not easy because there are many
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special and confusing cases here are
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some examples five years is or are a
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long
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time the news was or were
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surprising one of the students is or are
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funny everybody is or are happy today
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you're going to find all the answers in
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the
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video here's our study program for today
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we have a lot to study because like I
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said I'm going to give you 10 different
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rules to help you always get the right
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answer here's the first problem that my
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students have
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subjects with and for example I'm going
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to give you this quiz here Tom and Jerry
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is or are best friends now you have to
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make your choice and the answer is Tom
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and Jerry are best friends how about
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this one peanut butter and jelly is or
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are my favorite
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sandwich peanut butter and jelly is my
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favorite sandwich now from these two
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examples I want you to try to think of
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the rule what is the rule for subjects
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with and here it is the rule is that
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subjects with and usually take a plural
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verb for example Tom and Jerry are best
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friends except when it's a single entity
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a single entity means one thing then
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it's a singular verb so that is the
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second example peanut butter and jelly
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is one sandwich so it's one thing it's
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one entity and that's why we use peanut
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butter and jelly is my favorite
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sandwich now you need to practice here
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we go question one my brother and sister
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is or are coming to the party my brother
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and sister are coming to the party fish
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chips a popular dish in the
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UK is a popular dish in the UK because
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it's one dish fish and chips is one
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thing together we see it as one dish one
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kind of food number three
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jonic a common
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cocktail jonic is a common cocktail of
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course because it's one cocktail it's in
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one glass so it's a single ENT
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apples and
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oranges a healthy
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snack apples and oranges make a healthy
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snack they are two different
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fruits her dog and his cat different
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kinds of
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care her dog and his cat need different
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kinds of care two different animals and
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the last one a law in order m important
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for a peaceful
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Society ready Law and Order is seen as
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one so Law and Order like the TV program
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it's a set expression so Law and Order
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is
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important here is the second challenging
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case subjects with either or neither nor
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very challenging here's your
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quiz neither the child nor the parents m
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sleeping ready make your choice and the
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answer
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is are sleeping neither the child nor
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the parents are sleeping now let's flip
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it around neither the parents nor the
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child
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sleeping is it the same or is it
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different the answer is it is different
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neither the parents nor the child is
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sleeping now can you think of the rule
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what is the
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rule this is the rule the verb agrees
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with the subject closer to it so in this
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case right here the subject closer to
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the verb is parents so parents are
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sleeping in the other case the child is
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sleeping now it's time to practice
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question one either the cat or the dogs
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making noise in the yard it should be
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easy because you know the rule now it
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has to agree with the dogs the dogs are
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making noise in the yard neither John
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nor his friends coming to the
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party are coming to the party because it
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agrees with his
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friends either the children or the
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babysitter responsible for the
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mess and the answer is either the
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children or the babysitter is
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responsible for the mess because it
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agrees with babysitter the subject
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closer to the
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verb neither the children nor their
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mother at
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home was at home it agrees with mother
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last question neither the driver nor the
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passengers injured in the
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crash ready and the answer is were
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injured in the crash because it's the
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passengers were injured in the crash not
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bad right here's another sticky point
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for many students nouns ending in s
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here's your quiz
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mathematics interesting to me do you say
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is interesting or are
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interesting the answer is is interesting
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how about this one the news
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worse than we
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expected the answer is was now what is
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the rule with this one it's not really a
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rule but you have to know that some
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nouns look plural because they finish
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with an S but they are not plural they
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are singular
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nouns here are some words that look
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plural but are actually singular
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academic subject
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mathematics physics economics and so on
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these ones are
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singular activities gymnastics aerobics
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Athletics and so on countries now be
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careful with this one right the United
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States is the Philippines is the
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Netherlands is it's all singular even
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though there's an S diseases measles Ms
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diabetes and so on that's singular and
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also some other useful ones politics TV
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series a TV series good news they are
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all
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singular now remember the quiz from the
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beginning I gave you this question right
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here the news was or were surprising now
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you know the answer the answer is the
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news was
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surprising here's an easy one
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expressions of time money distance and
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weight here's your quiz 30 minutes all I
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need to get ready so in the morning you
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have to get ready for work and you need
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only 30 minutes so what would you say 30
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minutes is all I need to get
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ready
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$5 too much for this coffee that's bad
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coffee so I paid $5 and I'm not happy $5
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is is too much for this
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coffee 7
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days too short for a
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vacation 7 days is too short for a
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vacation what's the rule super easy they
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are treated as singular even though they
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seem plural I know 30 minutes with an S
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and you're like one minute 2 minutes 3
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minutes so many minutes but we see that
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as onetime expression 30 minutes is one
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unit of time so that's why we say
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is practice makes perfect let's go
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number one for student two hours a long
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time to
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focus ready for a student 2 hours is a
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long time to
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focus after all that work
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$200 not enough for the
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job after after all that work $200 is
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not enough for the job 3 weeks what you
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need to fully recover so maybe you
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recover from an injury for example so 3
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weeks is what you need to fully
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recover the monthly payments of
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$100 difficult to
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manage the monthly payments of $100 were
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difficult to manage uhoh did you get
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this one right I hope so because here
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remember we are always focusing on the
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subject so what were difficult to manage
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and the answer is the monthly payments
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and payments is plural so in this case
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the verb has to agree with payments so
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that's why we have to use word difficult
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to manage and not was difficult to
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manage if you said $100
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was difficult to manage that would be
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okay but here you have the monthly
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payments before
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$100 number five on a hot day 10 kilom a
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challenging
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hike ready 10 kilm is a challenging
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hike let's go back to our intro quiz you
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remember this question 5 years a long
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time of course 5 years is a long time
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did you get it right I hope
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so you're doing well let's keep going
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number five nouns that refer to many
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items here's your quiz this pair of
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shoes is or are on
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comfortable ready so pair is a word it's
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a noun that refers to many items a pair
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of shoes one pair but many shoes Two
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Shoes in one pair the answer is this
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pair of shoes is
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uncomfortable that set of tools great
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for home
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repairs that set of tools is great for
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home repairs here's the rule for you
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nouns that refer to many items require a
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singular verb because it's one pair of
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shoes even though there are two shoes in
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one pair we focus on the pair we focus
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on the
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set a little practice won't hurt let's
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give it a try that bunch of bananas too
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ripe ready that bunch of bananas is too
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ripe a bunch one Bunch many bananas in
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one Bunch but it's only one
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Bunch this pair of headphones
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wireless is Wireless of course because
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it's a pair one
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pair a set of golf clubs left in the
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trunk of the
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car a set of golf clubs was left in the
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trunk of the car because it's one set
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many golf clubs but only one set the
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bouquet of flowers beautifully
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arranged the bouquet of flowers is
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beautifully
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arranged number five five Bunches of
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grapes needed to make one bottle of wine
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ready and the answer is five Bunches of
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grapes are needed watch out here because
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here you have five bunches even though
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it's a noun that refers to many items
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but that noun is plural it's not only
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one bunch of grapes it's five bunches so
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are needed to make one bottle of
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wine here's a challenging one fractions
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and
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percentages here's your quiz 2/3 of the
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pi eaten 2/3 of the pie was eaten how
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about this one half of the students
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attending the
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event half of the students are attending
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the event now what's the
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rule the verb agrees with the noun that
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follows the the fraction or percentage
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so
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2/3 is not the focus the focus is on the
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pi 2/3 of the pi so the pi was eaten
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half of the students the focus is on
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students half of the students are
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attending the event because half is not
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attending the event the students are
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attending the
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event you need to practice
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let's go a quarter of the people in
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agreement and the answer is a quarter of
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the people are in agreement because the
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people are in agreement number two 80%
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of the
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employees working
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remotely 80% of the employees were
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working remotely
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employees half of the clothes on sale
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half of the clothes are on
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sale three4 of the land covered in
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trees 3/4 of the land is covered in
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trees the land is covered in trees 70%
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of the work
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complete is complete the work is
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complete don't give up number seven
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conjunctions like as well as together
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with and along with here's your quiz the
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artist along with her
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students displaying her
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work ready the answer is the artist
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along with her students is displaying
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her work number two the managers
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together with the staff attending the
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meeting and the answer is the managers
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together with the staff are ATT ending
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the meeting here's the rule the verb
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agrees with the main subject not the
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additional phrase the additional phrase
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is right here along with her students so
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you can remove this part right here so
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you can say the artist is displaying her
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work the managers are attending the
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meeting here are other similar
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conjunctions
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the singer not to mention the band
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members performing
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tonight the singor is performing tonight
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so you can remove the additional
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phrase the employees accompanied by the
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boss touring the
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factory the employees were touring the
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factory the actors joined by the
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director rehear rehearsing for the
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play the actors joined by the director
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were rehearsing for the play because the
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actors were
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rehearsing the mayor as well as his
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advisors present at the
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meeting the mayor was present at the
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meeting super useful stuff coming up
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watch out with these ones indefinite
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pronouns like everyone somebody nothing
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something everything and so on here's
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your quiz everyone the rules of the
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game Monopoly is super famous so
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everyone knows the rules of the
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game something strange about that
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house something feels strange about that
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house here's the rule they always re ire
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a singular verb even when they seem
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plural here are some more
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examples someone stolen my wallet
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remember always a singular verb someone
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has stolen my wallet number two anybody
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allowed to join the
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group anybody is allowed to join the
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group everybody waiting for the
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announcement everybody is waiting for
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the announcement this one does look
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plural everybody right so many people
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but it is still a singular verb number
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four some things better left
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unsaid so some things there are some
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things you shouldn't say that's what it
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means and the answer is some things are
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better left onet be careful here because
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it's some things it's not something it's
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some things so the things are plural so
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that's why we say are better left
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unsaid nothing more important than
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family nothing is more important than
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family did you get this one right at the
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beginning of the video
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everybody happy of course everybody is
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happy now you know we're almost finished
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we're at number nine quantifiers
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indefinite pronouns so all some most a
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lot plenty and so on there are so many
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of them here's your quiz most of the
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cake eaten at the
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party what would you say so most is a
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quantifier most of the cake was eaten at
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the party how about this one most of the
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applicants m qualified for the
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job most of the applicants are qualified
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for the job now you can make up your own
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rule with this one I think it's pretty
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clear the verb agrees with the noun that
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follows the quantifier so the quantifier
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is not important the cake was eaten at
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the party the applicants are qualified
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for the
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job practice is the key to success right
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remember this the more you practice the
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better you're going to become number one
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none of the money recovered after the
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robbery none of the money was recovered
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after the robbery plenty of people
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interested in attending the
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event plenty of people are
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interested enough of the
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players ready to start the game enough
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of the players are ready to start the
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game none of the computers functioning
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properly none of the computers are
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functioning
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properly a lot of work still
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unfinished a lot of work is still
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unfinished last but certainly not least
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important expressions with one one of
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the m one of the only M more than one be
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careful with these ones quiz more than
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one car involved in the accident so
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there was a big accident a big pile up
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on the highway so more than one car was
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involved in the accident yes it
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was one of the
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neighbors frequently
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one of the neighbors complains
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frequently the rule is simple they all
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require a singular verb so remember
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expressions with one requires a singular
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verb one is singular so that should be
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easy to
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remember one last practice round number
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one one of the only cities that this
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event is Tokyo
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one of the only cities that hosts this
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event is
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Tokyo more than one
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person offended by his
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comment more than one person was
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offended one of the players injured
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during the game one of the players was
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injured during the
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game one of the only books that this
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topic is out of print so you cannot get
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that book anymore it's not available
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anymore it's out of print one of the
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only books that covers this topic is out
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of
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print more than one
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answer correct in this
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quiz more than one answer is correct in
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this quiz
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excellent now you know the answer to
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this question one of the students
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funny of course one of the students is
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funny let's review we have seen so many
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different rules and I know it seems to
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be a lot because 10 rules to remember is
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a little too much right it's hard to
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remember isn't it there are too many but
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remember this native speakers don't
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study this it comes naturally with
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practice people don't need to remember
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these the more you practice the easier
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it will become so practice is key don't
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forget it's quiz time I'm giving you 20
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questions to see if you remember or if
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it comes naturally to you by
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now either the doctor or the nurses
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attending the
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patient ready either the doctor or the
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nurses are attend sending the patient
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it's rule number two if you didn't get
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it right you can go back in the video
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and you can study rule number two one
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more
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time question two
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$30 all I have in my
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wallet ready
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$30 is all I have in my wallet rule
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number
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four more than one of the candidates
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considered for the position
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more than one of the candidates was
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considered for the position rule number
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10 question four everyone excited about
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the
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trip everyone is excited about the trip
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rule number eight question five macaroni
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and cheese my comfort
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food ready macaroni and cheese is my
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comfort food because it's one single
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entity mac and cheese is one
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dish question six the pair of
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sunglasses
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missing the pair of sunglasses is
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missing rule number five question seven
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the bride and groom dancing together the
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bride and groom are dancing together
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rule number
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one 20 kilo
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too much to lift for some people 20
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kilos is too much to lift for some
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people rule number
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four question nine onethird of the
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cookies burnt onethird of the cookies
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are burnt number
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six question 10
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politics public speaking
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skills politics requires public public
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speaking skills rule number three it's a
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singular noun question 11 one of the
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best movies that released last year is
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still
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popular one of the best movies that was
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released last year is still popular
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number
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10 question 12 all of my order delivered
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on time so you got a delivery and all of
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order was delivered on time quantifiers
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number
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nine question 13 the dog along with its
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puppies playing in the
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yard the dog along with its puppies was
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playing in the yard rule number
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seven question 14 only three qus of her
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homework
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completed only three qus of our homework
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was
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completed rule number
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six question 15 something gone wrong
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with his
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laptop something has gone wrong with his
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laptop question
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16 neither the players nor the coach
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happy with the
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result neither the players nor the coach
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is happy with the
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result question
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17 most of the
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cookies are gone most of the cookies are
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gone rule number nine
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quantifiers question 18 the news
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spreading
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quickly the news is spreading quickly
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rule number
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three question 19 the bouquet of roses
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lovely
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the bouquet of roses is lovely rule
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number five and the last one question
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number 20 the guide as well as the
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tourists Amazed by the
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scenery the guide as well as the tourist
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was amazed by the scenery rule number
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seven hey what score did you get out of
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20 Questions make sure you tell me in
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the comments below and don't forget if
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you want to learn more useful English
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check out my other videos see you next
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time bye-bye
