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Rule 1: The subject and verb must agree in number- both must be singular or both must be plural.
Rule 2: The number of the subject( singular or plural) is not changed by words(or a phrase) that come in between the subject and the verb.
Rule 3: Some subjects always take a singular verb even though the meaning may seem plural.
Rule 4: The following words may be singular or plural, depending upon their use in a sentence: some, any, all, most.
Rule 5: Subjects joined by “and” are plural. Subjects joined by “or” or “nor” take a verb that agrees With the last subject.
Rule 6: “There” and “here” are never subjects. In these sentences that begin with these words, the subject us usually found later on in the sentence.
Rule 7: Collective Nouns may be singular or plural, depending upon there use in sentence.
Rule 8: Some nouns, while in plural form, are actually singular in meaning.
Rule 9: “Doesn’t” is a contraction Of “does not” and should be used only with a singular subject. “Don’t” is a contraction of “do not” and should be used only with a plural subject.
Rule 10: Nouns such as, “civics”, “mathematics”, “dollars” and “news” requires singular verbs.
Rule 2: The number of the subject( singular or plural) is not changed by words(or a phrase) that come in between the subject and the verb.
Rule 3: Some subjects always take a singular verb even though the meaning may seem plural.
Rule 4: The following words may be singular or plural, depending upon their use in a sentence: some, any, all, most.
Rule 5: Subjects joined by “and” are plural. Subjects joined by “or” or “nor” take a verb that agrees With the last subject.
Rule 6: “There” and “here” are never subjects. In these sentences that begin with these words, the subject us usually found later on in the sentence.
Rule 7: Collective Nouns may be singular or plural, depending upon there use in sentence.
Rule 8: Some nouns, while in plural form, are actually singular in meaning.
Rule 9: “Doesn’t” is a contraction Of “does not” and should be used only with a singular subject. “Don’t” is a contraction of “do not” and should be used only with a plural subject.
Rule 10: Nouns such as, “civics”, “mathematics”, “dollars” and “news” requires singular verbs.
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