'$5 billion was spent' v. '$5 billion were spent'
27175
Are amounts of money singular or plural?
150181
"Covered with" vs. "covered in" vs. "covered by"
14900
Meaning of a sentence with 'was to'
107985
Had done / had been doing
46226
"A number of students" vs. "the number of students"
98035
When do I use "was" and when do I use "were"
94484
"(a) few hundred people", "(a) few hundreds of people"?
106677
Difference between "did save" and "saved"
64876
"I gave him + INDIRECT OBJECT" vs. "I gave + INDIRECT OBJECT+ to him"
104764
Use of Past Simple vs Past perfect in sentences with since
69961
"Cost" vs "expense" -- a usage question
34504
"could have" vs "could"
68747
"I have sent it to X too" vs. "I have sent it to X also"
21529
Should I be using 'is' or 'was' in reported speech?
134250
Past participle after noun: "proposed cost" vs. "cost proposed"
134553
'I had headache' or 'I had a headache'?
89900
What is the difference in meaning among these sentences?