Diction refers to the choice of words and phrases an author uses when writing. The diction used in a text or story tells us about the tone or attitude of the writer. Diction can be formal, informal, serious, playful, and so on. An example of formal diction would be: "Kindly revert back at the earliest possible convenience." Whereas, informal/playful diction would be: "I can't wait for your reply!"
Thinking ahead allowed builders to construct the Empire State Building very quickly. Every day, workers were given instructions that showed what had to be done and where each delivery needed to go. Individual materials were marked to make sure they went to the right place in the building.
The narrator compares Juan with the basket of his letters. They are the reflection of his work. He is fully devoted to it, but at first, he was against censorship and tried to work around it and he does it in a cunning way. He ends up liking it to the point of being obsessed.
have – there are two people, so it is <u>plural</u>
are – it refers to a cousin and the narrator, so <u>plural </u>
are – Meeta is singular, but sisters are <u>plural</u>, therefore answer must be used for plural noun
was – even though the jury is consisting of the more than one person, t<u>hey are treated as the singular group</u>
by the rules, both are or is can be used, however, are sounds more natural with the plural noun "books"
was – <u>it refers to the name of the book</u> which is <em>The Midnight's Children</em> not the nook itself, so it is <u>singular </u>
was – it<u> refers to the quality which is singular,</u> not the sarees
is – <u>it refers to the size, a singular</u>, not the curtains
is –<u> it refers to the sum</u>, which is a <u>singular </u>noun
was – each of the candidates is <u>singular</u>
have – Mohit and the friends are <u>plural </u>number of people
is –<u> it refers to the distance</u>, which is a <u>singular </u>noun
was – a women is a <u>singular</u>
<u>This one is not the full question</u>, the full one should be "<em>Neither the teacher nor his students (is/are) in the class</em>" The answer is are because it refers to the <u>plural</u> number of people with teacher and the student<u>s</u>
was – it refers to <u>only one person</u>, as it says "<em>one </em>of the boys", therefore it is <u>singular</u>
Juliet knows that she is supposed to hate anyone from the house Montague. Their families are enemies because of the lords of each house and still, Juliet, a Capulet, fell in love with Romeo, who is a Montague.
Then Mr. Grabowski, a substitute teacher in his science class, asked him to read aloud a passage about insects. Lionel had always been one of the weakest readers in class. For a time, he got extra help figuring out letters and sounds. Though it happened years ago, Lionel remembered the moment as if it was yesterday.