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News. Although the equivalent expression in many languages would be in the plural, “news” is a singular noun, so you should say: correct The news is being broadcast by all major TV stations. wrong The news are being broadcast by all major TV stations.
Was man im deutschen Sprachraum „Neuigkeiten“ (Plural) nennt, heißt auf Englisch „news“. Deswegen glauben viele deutsche, dass man „news are“ sagt, wobei aber in der Tat news is („news“ steht immer nur im Singular und hat keine Pluralform)
from English Grammar Today. We use the uncountable noun news to mean ‘information or reports about recent events’. It takes a singular verb: The news is good about Mary. The doctors are very happy about her progress. Not: The news are good about Mary. Do you have any news of your sister? How is she these days?
The word “news” is a noun. In English, it is considered singular and uncountable. So we use the singular forms of verbs, like is and was: the news is on channel 5, the news was surprising. Don’t use are or were. We say this news (not these news) and that news (not those news).
Dass "are" in deinen Ohren gut klingt, hat damit zu tun, dass das s für dich wie ein Plural-s klingt. Für einen englischen Muttersprachler ist "news" aber eindeutig Singular. Zählbar machst du "news" je nach Kontext mit "pieces of news" oder "news items". Beispiel: I've got two pieces of news for you.
As we've covered, "news" is singular, but you cannot say "a news" or "one news." To talk about one piece of news, you can use the same methods as for the plurals: (1) Add "bit" or "piece". I have a bit of news. I have one piece of news. (2) Use "news" like an adjective with "story" or "item".
Question. What is the correct verb form in this sentence? "The keys to the car (are, is) on the table." — Shel, Philippines. Answer. The correct sentence is "The keys to the car are on the table." To find out whether you should use 'is' (3rd person singular) or 'are' (3rd person plural) you need to determine what the subject of the verb is.