1 All this is a bonus for the former BBC royal correspondent, who admits to a frisson of Schadenfreude when watching her replacement shiver outside those crested gates.2  With a quiver of delightful Schadenfreude, it turned out none had ever backed the PR firm's campaign. With a quiver of delightful Schadenfreude, it turned out none had ever backed the PR firm's campaign. 2  This unremitting focus on just one race participant is understandable, but the hint of Schadenfreude in the tone was unmistakable.
Synonyms: correspond, conform, harmonize, coincide, accord, agree. These verbs all indicate a compatibility between people or things. Correspond refers to similarity in form, nature, function, character, or structure: Scientific statements may or may not correspond to the facts of the physical world (George Soros).ynonyms: correspond, conform, harmonize, coincide, accord, agree. These verbs all indicate a compatibility between people or things. Correspond refers to similarity in form, nature, function, character, or structure: Scientific statements may or may not correspond to the facts of the physical world (George Soros).
MichaelW Senior Member English (British) the verb must agree with the closer subject after or. Click to expand... I don't think there is a rule (and/or is a recent arrival in the language) but your idea is a good one where two singular nouns are linked with and/or. This would be a variation on the proximity rule, [...] there is notable leniency on whether to use a plural or singular verb when one of the elements is plural. Under 'the proximity rule', the verb is governed by the element nearest to it.