Is "of the" correct grammar?

legolas52
Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:13:36 +0000

Neither (plural things) nor (singular thing) (singular verb)

Neither (singular thing) nor (plural things) (plural verb)

Just follow that.

Sorry, I didn’t understand that. What does plural things/singular things mean? Could you give me an examlpe? Thanks.



No, the nouns are “the system” and “the process,” they are separated by “nor”.

“of receiving them” is the preposition of the noun “the process”.

Oh. I see. So, “of delivering packages” is also a prepositional phrase.

Is this rule correct all the time?

The noun before the verb determines if it’s singular or plural.

In this case, “process” turns out to be singular.

Therefore, it is “is.”