The verb agrees with the semantics of the subject, not necessarily its particular form. why any of us should not more consistently serve aces or hit perfect returns. In this case, the plural noun phrase represents some singular concept: a given number, or a specific achievement, or a level of performance. He hit a comfortable pace and stayed there as he peddled past the cemetery.
The usual case is that the form of the subject and the form of the finite verb will agree. What might be the most confusing aspect of this clause is the apparent disagreement between the plural "hits" of the subject and the singular "is" of the predicate. Emma (use the simple past form of see) the car (use the simple past form of hit) the little boy. Perfect tenses present perfect have hit has hit past perfectiAlso known as: pluperfect had hit had hit future perfect will have hit will have hit. The only available noun that it could modify is the plural "hits". This "most" cannot modify a singular countable "piano" or a singular countable "key". "Piano key hits" simply isn't exceptional.Īs an adjective, "most" can modify either an uncountable noun or a plural noun. Plural attributive nouns are the exception to a general rule. However, we speak of a "toy box" no matter how many toys are in the box, and a "tooth brush" no matter how many teeth need cleaning. For example, we speak of "sales figures". The noun "hits" is modified by the attributive noun phrase "piano key", the adjective "most", the article "the", and the prepositional phrase "in one minute".Īttributive nouns tend to take their singular form. This is a plural noun, not a third-person singular present-tense verb and not a past participle. The simple subject of the clause is "hits".
It does not contain a subordinate clause.
The most piano key hits in one minute is 824 For the moment, let's ignore the supplemental participial phrases and focus on the core of the clause:
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