I am having trouble with these tricky subject-verb thingys.?

Question

Can you help me with these subject-verb. I wrote down what I think. I have to identify the error and explain how to fix them.
1, Your mind, your body, and your soul, all benifits from karate.
Your mind, your body, and your soul, all benifit from karate.
2. Each of the martial arts have a different emphasis or technique.
Each of the martial arts has a different emphasis or technique.
3. Either the tonfa,the sei,or the bow is used in advanced katas.
Either the tonfa, the sei, or the bow are used in advanced katas.
4. The Japanese army have found that karate is excellent training for the military.
The Japanese army has found that karate is excellent training.
5. The series of moves known as the kata are almost like a dance.
confused !
6. None of the students are allowed to use their karate to hurt people, except in self-defence.
confused....sounds right
7. Everyone in the class have to be willing to work hard.
me) Everyone in the class has to be willing to work har

Answer 1

You were mostly correct, here.

On numbers 1, 2, 4, and 7, you were correct.

I would correct number 3 by removing the word "either".

Number 5: the verb "are" should be "is" because "series" is a collective noun that should be treated as a singular.

Number 6: the pronoun "their" does not match the with "none". "Their" denotes a plural subject, but "none" is a collective pronoun which should be treated as a singular.

Answer 2

1. The subject is plural (mind, body & soul) so you must use the plural form of the verb (and spell it 'benefit').
2. the subject is 'each.' 'Of the martial arts' modifies it. The verb must agree with the singular 'each,' not the plural 'arts.'
3. Dictoinary.com says that in this case, the verb should agree with the noun closest to it.
4. An army may consist of many people, but it is still just ONE army. Use the sing. form.
5. 'Series' is the subject; 'of moves' modifies. BTW: 'series' can be both sing. or plur. The context here seems to suggest there is just one series.
6. See usage notes at Dictionary.com. for 'none.' The other problem is the pronoun 'their.' Since it's unclear whether to use 'their' or 'his or her,' just take it out. '...use their karate...' ---> '...use karate...'
7. Definitly 'has.'

Answer 3

Ok so what's your question then? just because the person has a poor way of verbalizing what they are trying to say doesn't mean anything, they just have a different way of trying to make it clear to the students.

all it seems to me is that you're just trying to point out the PROPER way to write or type them down, which to say is just being proper or anal rententive about it.

while I commend your attempt to be Ms. (or Mrs. ) proper here, I have to ask: Why Are you sweating over improper forming of their statements or grammar?

You're there to learn Martial Arts, not learn proper grammar and sentence forming. So I wouldn't point this out to the instructor, because it's just your opinion as to how it should be written and it's irrelevant to the physical studies of Martial Arts.

but if you want to help the instructor rewrite the student manual or rules so that it looks better then yeah make your suggestion to them.

Answer 4

1- TimmAy!

2- TIMMAY!

3- Tim-Ay!

4- Timmay

5- TimmAy

6- Timmay!

7- TimmAy!