The governmentis planning to hold a referendum.
The teamwas playing very well.The following words are also singular:
each everyone everything nobody someone
Everyoneis here.
Each of youhas three questions to answer.
Everythingis ready.
Has nobody come?
Someonehas done this.Looking at more examples
‘Either... or’ and ‘neither... nor’ are also followed by the
singular form of the verb if the nouns are singular.
Either you or your partnerwas given the manuscript.
Neither Jane nor Peterwas allowed to go on the trip.However if the nouns are plural, the plural form will be
used.
Neither his employers nor his colleaguesare willing to
support him.If two nouns are used before a verb, the following verb will
be plural.
Jack and Maryare moving house.AVOIDING COMMON MISTAKES / 113