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I- The council takes a lot of knocking, but on this occasion its efforts demand nothing but applause . When but is used as a Preposition and preceded by any form of the Verb do, then but is followed with Bare Infinitive. II- What these churches have to offer, in addition to intangibles like eternal salvation, is concrete, material assistance. Words joined to a Singular Subject by with, together with, in addition to, or, as well as, etc. are parenthetical, and therefore do not affect the number of the Verb.