Company is or Company are? [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . . I agree If the OP's sentences are the beginning of a paragraph or statement, they should be "What is the name of the company? The name of the company is " Suppose the company referred to is "General Eccentric" You could write "The name of the company is General Eccentric" (with The before name), or "General Eccentric is the name of the company" (with no the before the actual name)
Should it be there is a total of 378 vehicles or there are a total . . . In my idiolect it should be "is," because "of 378 vehicles" modifies "total," which is the complement of the verb But many people seem to see "a total of" as a modifier of "378 vehicles," so they see "378 vehicles" as the complement of the verb and say "are " Consult your favorite style guide; it ought to weigh in one way or another on this question
Addressing a former office-holder by that offices title When is it appropriate to use an "expired" honorific to address or refer to a person? In the U S , former state governors are occasionally referred to as "Governor So-and-so", although they have
Have to be or are to be: difference in meaning? The piano and the pipe organ have are to be tuned for the show Here both seems fine to me but the choice question wants me to choose one Is there any prominence for one answer Please help
My family *is* or My family *are*? [duplicate] Possible Duplicate: Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular? Which is correct: The rest of the staff is or are? The rest of my family is or are? I've done a bit of re