6/26/2023 0 Comments Y39all got anymore of them![]() For comparison, the construction "which of " takes singular or plural agreement depending on its meaning: we could say "Which of these squares is red" or "Which of these squares are red" depending on whether we expect a singular or plural answer.Īpparently, both usages are fairly common, but it's more common or more commonly accepted to use a singular verb with "any of ". I think the reason for uncertainty about whether "any of " should take singular or plural verb agreement is because the noun in the prepositional phrase is plural in form, but the word any is not, and semantically it could be considered either singular or plural. There is nothing wrong with using singular and plural subjects in different clauses in the same sentence: as you yourself observe, we can say things like "If there are three of an unparalleled thing, is any one of them truly unparalleled?"
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