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the button exist vs the button exists

The correct phrase is "the button exists." The verb "exist" should agree with the singular subject "button."

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 930 views

the button exist

This phrase is incorrect. The verb "exist" should be in the singular form to match the singular subject "button."

The correct form is "the button exists." Use the singular form of the verb "exist" when referring to a singular subject.
  • There will be pocket calculators with an extra button - they already exist, in fact.
  • I'm hitting the button, hitting the button, hitting the button.
  • Your Portuguese gardener pushed the button.
  • My finger hit the button by accident.
  • Someone pushed all the buttons he could rich.
  • What Mr. McKay said... right on the button... right on the button.
  • Maybe I-I hit the button when I was cleaning up the spill.
  • They let you push the button that smashes everything.
  • They hit the button on the floor below us.
  • The button for the lobby doesn't work, Mr. McKenny...
  • You should've at least let me finish talking then pushed the button.
  • I need something to hold the button.
  • We used to go down to this club called The Button and get destroyed.
  • I need something to hold the button.
  • I might even let you work the button.
  • Press the button on the intercom when you're finished.
  • You just pressed the button, Tom.
  • So it was the button at the facility.
  • And they couldn't pull any prints off the buttons.
  • The button isn't there any more.

Alternatives:

  • the button exists

the button exists

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "the button exists" when referring to the presence or availability of a singular button.
  • There will be pocket calculators with an extra button - they already exist, in fact.
  • I'm hitting the button, hitting the button, hitting the button.
  • Your Portuguese gardener pushed the button.
  • My finger hit the button by accident.
  • Someone pushed all the buttons he could rich.
  • What Mr. McKay said... right on the button... right on the button.
  • Maybe I-I hit the button when I was cleaning up the spill.
  • They let you push the button that smashes everything.
  • They hit the button on the floor below us.
  • The button for the lobby doesn't work, Mr. McKenny...
  • You should've at least let me finish talking then pushed the button.
  • I need something to hold the button.
  • We used to go down to this club called The Button and get destroyed.
  • I need something to hold the button.
  • I might even let you work the button.
  • Press the button on the intercom when you're finished.
  • You just pressed the button, Tom.
  • So it was the button at the facility.
  • And they couldn't pull any prints off the buttons.
  • The button isn't there any more.

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