Right. The first five years of my life were spent here.
Revise. Magazines, especially the American, is what I enjoy reading.
314. Make the verb agree with its subject. Each, each one, every, everyone, everybody, anyone, anybody, either, neither, none, no one, nobody, are singular.
Wrong. Neither of these treat the subject thoroughly.
Right. Neither of these treats the subject thoroughly.
Wrong. Oh, how I wanted a bicycle. Everyone either got one or were going to get one.
Right. Oh, how I wanted a bicycle. Everyone either got one or was going to get one.
Revise. For that reason almost everybody there get sleepy.
315. Make the verb agree with its subject. Two or more singular nouns joined by and form a plural subject.