While working on the previous post ("Mr. Baboon, please don't throw that!"), which describes the hike to the waterfall, I struggled with whether "falls" would take a singular or plural verb. Does the "s" make it plural, or is that letter just part of the singular noun? We hiked to a "waterfall," which is singular, but "Niagra Falls" is also singular. Which is correct: "falls was," "falls were," or "fall was?"
If I haven't completely confused you, and you can quote an authoritative source, please respond. Our Webster's dictionary uses the word "usually" in this definition, so I don't trust it.
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