To profess and to possess _are_ two different things.
11. Talking and eloquence _are_ not the same.
12. The tongs _are_ not in _their_ place.
13. Every one _is_ accountable for _his_ own acts.
14. Every book and every paper _was_ found in _its_ place.
15. Not a loud voice, but strong proofs _bring_ conviction.
16. This orator and statesman _has_ gone to _his_ rest.
17. Young's "Night Thoughts" _is his_ most celebrated poetical work.
18. Flesh and blood _hath_ not revealed it.
19. The hue and cry of the country _pursues_ him.
20. The second and the third Epistle of John _contain_ each a single
chapter.
21. _Man is_ masculine because _it_ denotes a male.
22. Therein _consists_ the force and use and nature of language.
23. Neither wealth nor wisdom _is_ the chief thing.
24. Either you or I _am_ right.
25. Neither you nor he _is_ to blame.
26. John, and his sister also, _is_ going.
27. The lowest mechanic, as well as the richest citizen, _is_ here
protected in _his_ right.
28. There _are_ one or two reasons. [Footnote: When two adjectives
differing in number are connected without a repetition of the noun, the
tendency is to make the verb agree with the noun expressed.]
29. Nine o'clock and forty-five minutes _is_ fifteen minutes of ten.
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