subject – verb agreement. number and agreement of subject and verb most singular nouns do not end...
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Subject – Verb Agreement
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Number and Agreement of Subject and Verb
• Most singular nouns do not end in –s.
• Most singular verbs end in –s.
• Most plural nouns end in –s.
• Most plural verbs do not end in –s.
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A verb must agree with its subject in number.• A singular subject takes a singular verb.
• A plural subject takes a plural verb.
• Examples:
• The ocean roars in the distance.
• Marla plays the trumpet.
• Squirrels eat the seeds from the bird feeder.
• The dancers practice after school.
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The singular pronouns “I” and “you” take plural verbs.• Examples:
• You look beautiful.
• I eat two bowls of cereal each morning.
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Compound Subjects• A compound subject is made up of two or more
subjects that are connected by and, or, or nor.
• Subjects connected by “and” take a plural verb.
• When subjects are connected by “or” or “nor”, the verb agrees with the subject nearer to the verb.
• Examples:
• The boy and the girl work on their homework.
• The boy or the girls run around the track.
• The girls or the boy runs around the track.
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Subject After the Verb
• When the subject follows the verb, find the subject. Then make sure that the verb agrees with it.
• Examples:
• There are fifty runners in the marathon.
• There is the winner.
• Here is my library card.
• Are the birds in the nest?
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Problems in Agreement
• Be careful when a phrase comes between the subject and the verb. The verb agrees with the subject, not the noun or pronoun in the phrase.
• Examples:
• These shades of blue are my favorite.
• The smallest kitten of the four is sleeping in the basket.
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Indefinite Pronouns
• An indefinite pronoun does not refer to a definite person, place, thing or idea.
• Singular indefinite pronouns require singular verbs.
• Examples:
• each, either, neither, one, everyone, everybody, no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, someone, somebody
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Indefinite Pronouns
• Plural indefinite pronouns require plural verbs.
• Examples:
• Both, few, many, several
• Some indefinite pronouns can be either singular or plural and require singular or plural verbs.
• Examples:
• All, any, most, none, some
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Don’t and Doesn’t
• Don’t is short for do not. Use don’t with all plural subjects and with pronouns “I” and “you”.
• Doesn’t is short for does not. Use doesn’t with all singular subjects except pronouns “I” and “you”.