“The world stands in awe of your majesty.”
“All the world are spectators of your conduct.”
Weights, Measures, and Values
The names of weights, measures, and values, when considered as wholes, require singular verbs, and when considered as units require verbs in the plural.
“There is twenty shillings in my purse,” meaning one pound in value. “There are twenty shillings in my purse,” meaning twenty separate coins, each being a shilling. “Sixty-three gallons equals a hogshead.” “Ten tons of coal are consumed daily.”
Whether the form be singular or plural, the title is considered a unit, and requires a verb in the singular; as, “‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ was written by Shakespeare.” “Dr. Holmes’s American Annals was published in 1805.”
Whereabouts
“The whereabouts of his cousins were not known to him.” The plural form of this word is misleading. The verb should be was.
Phenomena, Effluvia