The provisions of this chapter and the regulations and standards adopted by the. State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13160 shall not apply to any firm or. corporation not engaged in the business of servicing, charging or testing. portable fire extinguishers and that maintains its own fully equipped and.
In the above example, the plural verb are agrees with the nearer subject actors. In this example, the singular verb is agrees with the nearer subject director. 5. Inverted Subjects must agree with the verb. 6. Collective Nouns (group, jury, crowd, team, etc.) may be singular or plural, depending on meaning. In this example, the jury is acting as one unit; therefore, the verb is singular. In this example, the jury members are acting as twelve individuals; therefore, the verb is plural. 7. Titles of single entities (books, organizations, countries, etc.) are always singular.
Singular means just one of the person, animal or thing which the noun refers to. Plural means more than one. Forming the plural of nounsThe rules for making the plural of nouns depend on the spelling and pronunciation. Nouns used only in the singularSome nouns are used only in the singular, even though they end in -s. Nouns used only in the pluralSome nouns only have a plural form. They cannot be used with numbers.