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Subject verb agreement special cases

Posted on Saturday, October 9, 2010 in Subject-Verb Agreement

When noun and pronoun subjects like some, half, none, more, all, etc. are followed by a prepositional phrase, the object of the preposition determines the form of the verb.
All of the pizza is gone.
All of the pizzas are gone.

Use a singular verb form for units of measurement.
Four quarts of oil was required to get the car running.

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