singular/plural form of noun + is vs are

[bureaucracy]

Is it correct to say 'The only exception to this is capital letters'? I think it is not, that is why I am asking.

 

[bhaisahab]

Is it correct to say 'The only exception to this is capital letters'? I think it is not, that is why I am asking.

Yes, it is correct. IMO

 

[bureaucracy]

Okay. It seems I got all these things confused in my mind. Therefore a question is to be asked: is it correct to say "The only exception to this are capital letters'?

 

[bhaisahab]

Okay. It seems I got all these things confused in my mind. Therefore a question is to be asked: is it correct to say "The only exception to this are capital letters'?

No, it wouldn't. You could say "The only exceptons to this are..."

 

[bureaucracy]

And probably there isn't any explanation which could make it easier to memorize things the way they have to be (of course in this very case)?

 

[bureaucracy]

Okay. No help needed. 'She are two persons' sounds strange enough compared to "she is two persons".

 

[Rover_KE]

Choose between

'The only exception to this is capital letters'

and

'Capital letters are the only exception to this'.

Rover