An anonymous requestor asked us, "Should nouns following a number other than 'one/1' be plural? What about 'no' or 'zero' -should the noun be in plural form? Is there any case when a noun following 'no' or 'zero' stays singular?"
( With the help of the cast of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series ... )

Grammar 101: Subject-Verb agreement with examples from Ouran High School Host Club, Harry Potter, and Panic at the Disco.First things first! In order to be able to tell if the subject and verb in your sentence agree with each other, you must be able to pick them out. The subject will generally be the easiest thing to identify, since it is the ( Read more... )