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What's the difference between these two sentences?
1)The woods is on fire. ("The woods" is an uncountable noun.)
2)The woods are on fire.("The woods" is a countable noun.)
woods- used with a singular or plural verbs
a large and thick collection of growing trees: a grove or forest
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I don't believe I have ever seen "the woods" in the meaning of more than one group of trees as anything but a plural. So "The woods is on fire" is incorrect.
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