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.
There is no plural form for an uncountable noun. To make uncountable nouns countable add a counting word, such as a unit of measurement, or the general word piece. We use the form a ....... of ........ Rice. Sugar. Water. Wine. A grain of rice.ncountable nouns (also called mass nouns or noncount nouns) cannot be counted, they are not treated as seperate objects. This means you cannot make them plural by adding-s, because they only have a singular form. It also means that they do not take a/an or a number in front of them. For example: 1  Water. 2  Work.