"All that glitters is not gold." why people use "is" not "are" in this sentence?
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The saying "All that glitters" is refering to a single group, which makes the verb singular too. Similar to saying "The team is not..." Even though you mean an entire group of objects, you are refering to them as one.
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as well as EVERYTHING IS =)
not EVERYTHING ARE
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since the subject before it is plural, we use the singular form is instead of are.
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in present tense S or ES is added to the VERB when it is used with HE,SHE and IT...so here GLITTER is the VERB where S is added to it because it is used with GOLD which IT
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