Are most people singular?


Singular vs Plural Usage

"The most people I have ever talked to was 2,500 people, during a meeting at Town Hall." In this usage, "the most people" is singular. "people", when used as the plural of "person", requires a verb form that’s also in the plural.

Difference Between "Much More" and "Many"

‘Much’ and ‘more’ are two terms that are used to denote quantity. The main difference between the two is that ‘many’ is mainly used to denote quantity, a certain number, whereas ‘more’ is used to denote additional or a greater quantity than before.

Difference Between "Many" and "Some"

Use some in a positive context when you don’t want to specify the number or quantity. Use many with countable nouns, when you want to refer to a large but indefinite number.

Usage of "How Much"

HOW MUCH? – (Price) How much can also be used when we want to know the PRICE of something. In this case, we can use How much with countable nouns (both singular and plural nouns). How much is that painting?

Countability of "People"

People is a countable noun. People is the plural form of a person. Since we can answer the question ‘How many people were present there?” with a number, therefore, we can say that it is a countable noun.

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