I want to ask about adding "s" to verbs. Sometimes I don't get an idea how to add this letter.
Example, are these sentences correct?
Tom buys a car.
Tom buys cars.
Tom and Ruth buy a car.
Tom and Ruth buy cars.
I think these above sentences are correct.
But today I saw on Apple site this:
From one gift come many.
I don't get why come is without "s"?
Because gift is singular. I know that Apple knows English better than I, but I don't get an idea why to use just come instead of comes?
Best Answer
What you have here is an ellipsis. The full sentence is:
Gifts is plural, and so is the verb. It's not the one gift that comes; it's many gifts that come from it.
Conversely, if it were "from one gift comes another [gift]", or "from one gift comes one more [gift]", or something like that, you'd use the singular.
Two general hints to help you recognize such things in the future: