What is the meaning of “where am I from” in U.S. wikipedia? What are the sources of American English meaning as it was only recorded in the U.S. beginning in about 1960. The same is true (slowly)

of English. In the British and American languages alike

What is the difference between single pronouns and plural pronouns? What makes them so distinct? In English, the meaning (including’singular’ and ‘plural’) doesn’t always match up with grammar (including verb agreement).

Thinking about’singular’ and ‘plural’ may help with regard to she/he/it has (singular) and they have (plural). I would say that it doesn’t help to thinking about “you have” and “you have” both – ‘you’ takes the ‘plural’ verb whether I am talking to one person or more than one person.

And it doesn’t help with ‘i’ (singular in meaning but plural in grammar (most of the time)) and ‘we’ (plural in meaning and plural in grammar).

Why do some words work differently? StoneyB has mentioned verb BE as working differently from other verbs. What is differences between ‘I’ and ‘you’?