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Singular/plural verb

britdam007

britdam007

India

Please mention the correct form:



Rain bearing clouds look black because the large number of water droplets in them absorb / absorbs all the sunlight.


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Abhishek

04:42 AM Mar 21 2015 |

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Teacher AmySuper Member!

United States

Rain bearing clouds look black because the large number of water droplets in them absorbs all the sunlight.


Best,


Amy

10:00 PM Mar 22 2015 |

britdam007

britdam007

India

A large number of houses is / are coming up in our area.



Best regards,


Abhishek

08:31 AM Mar 27 2015 |

Teacher AmySuper Member!

United States

A large number of houses are coming up in our area. This site might help: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/59753/a-number-of-students-vs-the-number-of-students


Best,


Amy

06:25 PM Mar 29 2015 |

britdam007

britdam007

India

Thank you for the clarification Teacher Amy. So, if I understand you correctly when the subject is “A large number of houses” it takes a plural verb whereas “The large number of” takes a singular verb. Is that what you want to say?



Best rerards,


Abhishek

04:03 AM Mar 30 2015 |

Teacher AmySuper Member!

United States

That’s correct!


Best,


Amy

04:49 AM Apr 01 2015 |

britdam007

britdam007

India

Thank you very much Teacher Amy.

06:06 AM Apr 01 2015 |