Do you have to get a new book? Do they have to have a notebook? In this last example, the word their precludes the use of the singular verb | Some indefinite pronouns are particularly troublesome Everyone and everybody listed above, also certainly feel like more than one person and, therefore, students are sometimes tempted to use a plural verb with them |
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No, he doesn't have a red sweater | Each, too, is always singular and requires a singular verb |
Each is often followed by a prepositional phrase ending in a plural word Each of the cars , thus confusing the verb choice.
29The secretary can be a man | The pronouns neither and either are singular and require singular verbs even though they seem to be referring, in a sense, to two things |
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Consult the section on the and the section on for additional help | On the other hand, there is one indefinite pronoun, none, that can be either singular or plural; it often doesn't matter whether you use a singular or a plural verb — unless something else in the sentence determines its number |