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    LESSON Making Subjects and Verbs Agree Int A

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    This document provides guidelines for making subjects and verbs agree in number. It addresses situations where the subject is composed of multiple nouns or pronouns connected by and, or, or nor and whether the verb should be singular or plural. It also covers cases where the subject and verb may be separated by a phrase or prepositional phrase and collective nouns that take singular verbs.

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    This document provides guidelines for making subjects and verbs agree in number. It addresses situations where the subject is composed of multiple nouns or pronouns connected by and, or, or nor and whether the verb should be singular or plural. It also covers cases where the subject and verb may be separated by a phrase or prepositional phrase and collective nouns that take singular verbs.

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    Making Subjects and Verbs

    Agree
    1. When the subject of a sentence is
    composed of two or more nouns or
    pronouns connected by and, use a
    plural verb.
    She and her friends are
    at the fair.

    2. When two or more singular nouns


    or pronouns are connected by or or
    nor, use a singular verb.
    The book or the pen is in
    the drawer.
    3. When a compound subject contains
    both a singular and a plural noun or
    pronoun joined by or or nor, the verb
    should agree with the part of the
    subject that is nearer the verb.
    a. The boy or his friends
    run every day.

    b. His friends or the boy


    runs every day.

    4. Do not be misled by a phrase that


    comes between the subject and the
    verb. The verb agrees with the
    subject, not with a noun or pronoun in
    the phrase.
    a. One (of the boxes) is
    .open

    b. The people (who listen


    to that music) are few.

    c. The team captain, (as


    well as his players), is
    anxious.

    d. The book, (including


    all the chapters in the
    first section), is
    boring.
    e. The woman (with all
    the dogs) walks down my
    street.

    5. The words each, each one, either,


    neither, everyone, everybody,
    anybody, anyone, nobody, somebody,
    someone, and no one are singular and
    require a singular verb.
    a. Each of these hot dogs
    is juicy.

    b. Everybody knows Mr.


    Jones.

    c. Either is correct.
    6. Nouns such as weather, money,
    furniture, information, and news
    require singular verbs.
    The news is on at six.

    7. Nouns such as scissors, tweezers,


    trousers, and shears require plural
    verbs.
    a. These scissors are
    blunt.

    b. Those trousers are


    made of wool.
    8. Collective nouns are words that
    imply more than one person but that
    are considered singular and take a
    singular verb, such as: group, team,
    committee, class, and family.
    a. The team runs during
    practice.

    b. The committee decides


    how to proceed.

    c. The family has a long


    history.
    9. If the subject is singular, the verb is
    too.
    The President,
    accompanied by his wife,
    is travelling to India.

    10. If the subject is plural, the verb is


    too.
    All of the books,
    including yours, are in
    that box.

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