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This applies vs This apply

The correct phrase is "this applies." "Applies" needs to agree with the singular subject "this."
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Explained by Michele A.
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Last updated: August 19, 2024

This applies

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "this applies" when referring to a singular subject or item that is relevant or valid in a particular situation.

Examples:

  • This rule applies to all employees.
  • This principle applies to our current situation.
  • This policy applies to all customers.
  • This concept applies to various industries.
  • This law applies to everyone.
  • This applies to imports originating in all non-member countries.
  • This applies equally to risk capital measures.
  • This applies particularly to fishing methods used in mixed fisheries.
  • This applies to smaller states in particular.
  • This applies also to internet bookings.
  • This applies mutatis mutandis for euro collector coins.
  • This applies to the German version.
  • This applies especially to remote regions with little tourism.
  • This applies to all legislation under Article 108.
  • This applies to all legislation under Article 108.
  • This applies particularly to veterinary medicines.
  • This applies particularly to major trans-boundary infrastructure projects.
  • This applies particularly to France and Germany.
  • This applies particularly to industries based on natural resources.
  • This applies especially to peacekeeping forces.
  • This applies firstly to permitted minerals and their compounds.
  • This applies par excellence to trade.
  • This applies particularly to energy or CO2 taxes and information campaigns.
  • This applies to any unknown or emerging viruses or other types of infections.
  • This applies in particular to operation in darkness.

This apply

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

  • To which countries does this apply?
  • The question is: will this apply to other countries at a later date?
  • Not only would this apply to new buildings but, as has been said this evening, even more importantly to many existing buildings when they undergo major renovations.
  • But again, h-how would this apply to the esophagus?
  • But how does this apply to what you were saying in there?
  • Does this apply to France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom or other Member States as well?
  • When you press this Apply button in the procedure browser, the selected procedure will be pasted into the text box:
  • When you press this Apply button in the procedure browser, a call to the selected procedure will be pasted into the console window as a Python command:
  • If so, what exactly does the Commission understand to be the definition of 'fair competition' and how does this apply?
  • If the answer to Question 3 is yes, does this apply even where the conditions for adopting such a specific measure in the case of a corresponding infringement of a national trade mark would not be regarded as fulfilled?
  • If there is provision for the monitoring and enforcement of respect for human rights and for the possible suspension of cooperation between Kenya and the EU, does this apply to all the countries which have signed the Cotonou Agreement?
  • If there is provision for the monitoring and enforcement of respect for human rights and for the possible suspension of cooperation between Nigeria and the EU, does this apply to all the countries which have signed the Cotonou Agreement?
  • If so, does this apply to both private and commercial drivers?
  • Will this apply equally to seconded staff from the British FCO?
  • This applies equally to risk capital measures.
  • This applies particularly to fishing methods used in mixed fisheries.
  • This applies also to internet bookings.
  • This applies to the German version.
  • This applies also to views on forestry policy.
  • This applies especially to remote regions with little tourism.

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