The use of plural nouns with singular verbs

As terse as they normally are, newspaper headlines are designed to get your attention by, as much as possible, summarizing the main body text. Two words in last week’s headline of this column; ‘ghastly’ and ‘accidentally’ were suggestive. Five will get you ten the symbolism was lost on many. Only a few noticed.

In the introductory part of the article, I wrote: “Lately, perhaps because acerbic politics that raise adrenaline levels among combative Kenyans, always on the prowl on social media have (plural verb) and towards the end of the same article, I made the assertion that “politics is not for the faint hearted”.