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Default is Money singular or plural, any rules?
"Money is not everything".
- here it is singular
".. and his money are soon gone"
- plural

My question: it the word money just to be used as both, freely? or is there any
rule?
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Welcome, jianchiwei.

[1] Money is not everything.
=> Money is the subject; it's singular, so its verb is singular.

[2]He and his money are soon gone.
=> The subject is He and his money, two nouns, so the verb is plural. Money is singular.

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Default Re: is Money singular or plural, any rules?
One rule is that sums of money are singular. Two hundred dollars is more than I can afford.
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