b• S1+ OR +S2 =>Động từ hòa hợp với S2

Ex: Has your mother or father given you permission to use the car?

Ex: Neither the students nor their teacher regrets the approach of summer

of + plural noun / pronoun

of + plural noun / pronoun

of+ Non count noun

Ex: The football team practises every day.

Ex: The herd of elk is in the meadow

Ex: The family arrives together at 8. 00.

Ex: The football team buy their own uniforms.

Ex: John has just arrived and now the family are all here.
*Các danh từ như: the police, the military, the people, cattle, poultry, clergy,… => V chia theo S số nhiều.

Ex: The police are questioning him.

Ex: The sick need medical care and tenderness.

Ex: The American people don't trust the news
****. Danh từ tập hợp như FURNITURE / LUGGAGE / INFORMATION / KNOWLEDGE / TRAFFIC / EQUIPMENT / SCENERY / MACHINERY... (không bao giờ có _S với những danh từ này) => V chia theo S số ít.

Ex: The furniture was more expensive than I thought.

Ex: Traffic is heavy.

Ex: The traffic has increased rapidly in the downtown areas.
7. Chủ ngữ là nhóm danh từ chỉ số lượng (khoảng thời gian đo lường, trọng lượng, thể tích, số lượng) =>V chia theo S số ít.

Ex: Twenty-two inches is a tiny waist measurement.

Ex: Fifty dollars seems a reasonable price