THIS GRAMMAR QUIZ WILL MAKE YOU SWEAT

B

I never eat abeg

D

May be we should answer this question with convincing and more plausible explanations, thanks.

B

PS:*quiz

D.... The poor(plural noun) know(plural verb) that the best(singular noun) is(singular primary verb) yet to come

D

Not worth it.
Not difficult

(plural subject) - The poor 'know' that the best 'is' yet to come.


(singular subject) - The poor man 'knows' that the best 'is' yet to come.

modified: the answer's actually D...my bad

sulmeza:
see all those gaffes above me...smh

the phrase, the poor, is singular (a collective noun) and can only take a singular verb...

It becomes plural only when u have something like, "the poor + plural noun" (the poor men, .......)

I don't know what's wrong with you kids on nairaland. Doesn't it occur to you we have people on this platform who have children old enough to be your classmate? Must you take to diss people you have no idea who they are? It doesn't tell well of your upbringing.


That said, "The poor" is a plural noun, just as "people" is. "The poor man" is a singular noun phrase. The former is a plural noun(The poor, The people, The police, etc), while the latter is a singular noun(the word poor is acting as an adjective)


Don't be too hasty to prove the right wrong.

matrix199:



I don't know what's wrong with you kids on nairaland. Doesn't it occur to you we have people on this platform who have children old enough to be your classmate? Must you take to diss people you have no idea who they are? It doesn't tell well of your upbringing.


That said, "The poor" is a plural noun, just as "people" is. "The poor man" is a singular noun phrase. The former is a plural noun(The poor, The people, The police, etc), while the latter is a singular noun(the word poor is acting as an adjective)


Don't be too hasty to prove the right wrong.

I stand to be corrected ofcuz....no pun intended

B

NLbully:
B


Only a illiteracy won't knew it

y did u expose yourself?

And so?

giftedheart1:
y did u expose yourself?

Hahaha! See KO! You bad ooo!

matrix199:
D.... The poor(plural noun) know(plural verb) that the best(singular noun) is(singular primary verb) yet to come

d money u spent in school was fruitful keep it up

mercytripletz:
D

Not worth it.
Not difficult

Very elementary

In English,there is a topic called CONCORD - agreement between the subject and the verb.
Under Concord,there are three subdivisions;
-The Grammatical Concord.
-The Proximity Concord; and where we're headed..
-The Notional Concord.


The Notional Concord deals copiously with IMPLIED meanings, especially of collective Nouns.
'The poor' in that sentence can be implied to mean a collection of people who have one thing in common -Poverty- but are considered as autonomous entities, thus attracting a plural connotation.
In that case 'The poor know' would be the appropriate answer,making D a reasonably plausible answer.

However, 'The poor' can also denote a coalition of poor people who have jettisoned their individualities and embraced their ONENESS, thus attracting a SINGULAR Verb as a result of the Singular undertone .
In that case, 'The poor knows' becomes infinitely more plausible thereby making B the required amswer..
Just like we say 'APC *IS* a party of crooks', we can also say 'The poor knows that the best is yet to come' and still be making a perfectly correct sentence


In summary,
Both B and D are correct depending on the notion implied by the speaker/writer.

It should also be borne in mind that the rigidities of the Written English prefer D to B while the flexibility of the Colloquial English allows for B.
But, ultimately, they're both correct.

Afolearning:
THIS GRAMMAR QUIZ WILL MAKE YOU SWEAT

None of the options here is correct.

All are wrong.


The correct option should be know/HAVE

^^^^^

Fmartin
Matrix199

6660m0666

All the contributions here have been worthy of note and interesting. However, the one that caught my attention most is the elaborate and deep intellectual dissection done by 666omo666. I must commend your grammatical sagacity.

Having said this, you stated in your expose that depending on the formality or informality, PLURAL OR SINGULAR VERBS CAN BE USED WITH THE ADJECTIVE 'POOR'IF IT IS USED AS A NOUN AND MADE TO FUNCTION AS THE SUBJECT IN A SENTENCE.

I will humbly state here that I haven't seen such an expression before. Examples or words like poor, old, incapacitated, blind, young, ETC when preceded by the definite article, must agree with a plural verb. That's the standing rule whether in a formal or informal context.

Check UNIVERSITY GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH BY Quirk and Greenbuam for more explanation and clarification, thanks.

To end this, the most suitable answer is D, PLURAL VERB MUST COLLOCATE WITH 'THE POOR',WHILE SINGULAR VERB COLLOCATES WITH 'THE BEST'.

partnerbiz4:

None of the options here is correct.
All are wrong.

The correct option should be know/HAVE

Biko, maka why?

MegaStarr:


Biko, maka why?

Check "yet" in oxford Dico.


Again, it is:

I HAVE yet to see him.

Not : I AM yet to see him.

It can be rearranged thus: I HAVEN'T seen him yet.

matrix199:



I don't know what's wrong with you kids on nairaland. Doesn't it occur to you we have people on this platform who have children old enough to be your classmate? Must you take to diss people you have no idea who they are? It doesn't tell well of your upbringing.


That said, "The poor" is a plural noun, just as "people" is. "The poor man" is a singular noun phrase. The former is a plural noun(The poor, The people, The police, etc), while the latter is a singular noun(the word poor is acting as an adjective)


Don't be too hasty to prove the right wrong.

dont waste your time argureing with 'illitrate intelligent' folks

Even my 4 years old son knows that the answer is D

The poor means all the poor plural ( know) poor man singular (knows)

partnerbiz4:


None of the options here is correct.

All are wrong.


The correct option should be know/HAVE

Jesus for reallllllll?? You clearly ate you school fees

matrix199:
D.... The poor(plural noun) know(plural verb) that the best(singular noun) is(singular primary verb) yet to come

Iwe! You be English teacher

Fmartin:
dont waste your time argureing with 'illitrate intelligent' folks

indeed...kindly edit as appropriate. Sorta reeks of irony, if u know what I mean...peace

giftedheart1:
y did u expose yourself?

Chai some pple bad oo, see epic savage.