Question

what is subject verb agreement

Answer 1

Subject-Verb Agreement means a verb must agree with its subject and not with a noun near it.

◆◆◆ RULES ◆◆◆
● Uncountable nouns take 3rd person singular.
● A collective number, plural in form takes a singular verb.
● Name of a thing or a country, plural in form, takes singular verb.
● News, pains, innings, etc. take singular verb.
● People, police, public, cattle, polutry, etc. take plural verb.
● National names take plural verb.
● Singular nouns or pronouns joined by 'and' take plural verbs ; singular when inseparable.
● 'More than one' takes a singular verb.
● 'Two-thirds', three-fourths as a subject take singular or plural according to the sense.
● "Each", "every", "no" put before a noun takes singular verb.
● Singular subjects joined by 'either-or', 'neither-nor' take singular verb.

<SIGNIFICANT POINT TO KNOW>
● Beware of error of proximity.
Example :
◆ The quality of the apples was
good. (✔️)
◆ The quality of the apples were good (✖️)

Answer 2

Answer:

Usage - Subject-Verb Agreement. Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural). Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural.

IF THIS ANSWER HELPS YOU MARK AS BRAINLIEST AND BE A FOLLOWER IN BRAINLY