"I can never think so very mean of him."—Bentley's Dissertation on Phalaris.
"His expectations run high and the fund to supply them is extreme scanty,—Lancaster's Essay on Delicacy.
The commonest error in the use of the verb is the disregard of the concord between the verb and its subject. This occurs most frequently when the subject and the verb are widely separated, especially if some other noun of a different number immediately precedes the verb. False concords occur very often after either, or, neither, nor, and much, more, many, everyone, each.
Here are a few authors' slips:—
"The terms in which the sale of a patent were communicated to the public."—Junius's Letters.
"The richness of her arms and apparel were conspicuous."—Gibbon's Decline and Fall.
"Everyone of this grotesque family were the creatures of national genius."—D'Israeli.
"He knows not what spleen, languor or listlessness are."—Blair's Sermons.
"Each of these words imply, some pursuit or object relinquished."—Ibid.
"Magnus, with four thousand of his supposed accomplices were put to death."—Gibbon.