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– some are singular or plural
Most of the building was destroyed in the fire.
Most of the building were destroyed in the fire.
Most of the students are coming to the meeting.
Most of the students is coming to the meeting.
Some indefinite pronouns can take either the singular or the plural verb. It depends on the information in the rest of the sentence. This is where a prepositional phrase (of the building; of the students) actually does help to determine whether the verb should be singular or plural. In the above examples, #1 is correct: building is singular; and #3 is correct: students is plural. Other pronouns like most are all, any, enough, more, none, some, and who.Share
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