Question

15 rules of subject verb agreement​

Answer 1

Answer:

• Singular subject takes singular verb and plural subject takes plural verb.
• Words that come between subject and verb do not affect the number (singular or plural) of the verb
• A linking verb takes the form of its subject
• A compound subject comprising of two or more nouns joined by ‘and’ requires a plural verb.
• A singular subject takes a singular verb even if other nouns are connected to it
• Use a singular verb form after:
• Each
• Eithe
• Two singular subjects connected with
• Either/ or.
• Use a singular verb form after ‘none’ when the word means ‘no one’ or ‘not one
• Use a plural verb form in a relative clause following ‘one of…’ or a similar expression when the relative is the subject
• Some nouns such as news, physics, statistics, economics, gymnastics, aerobics, measles, mumps, and headquarters that end in ‘s’ seem to be plural but are actually singular, and hence they take singular verbs.
• Some nouns such as those in the table below exist only in plural form and hence they take a plural verb.
• Collective nouns such as class, committee, herd, public, crew, team, government, company, audience, and group usually take singular verbs
• Uncountable nouns usually take singular verbs. (As the name suggests, uncountable nouns can’t be counted. Example: hair, milk, water, butter, honey, and syrup.)
• Abstract nouns usually take singular verbs.
• Distances, periods of time, sums of money etc. take singular verbs when considered as a unit.

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