Subject – Verb Agreement
Rule
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1. The number of subject should agree with the number of verbs.
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2. Measurements (fraction,
percentages, amounts, distances) uses SINGULAR
VERB.
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3. When encountering an “OF
PHRASE” consider the singularity/plurality of the nearest noun to the verb.
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4. Indefinite Quantifiers
(few, much, all, many…) consider the singularity/plurality of the nearest noun to the verb.
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5. “Either/or,” consider
the second noun for the basis of
singularity/plurality of the verb.
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6. Noun connected by “and”
is plural and must use plural verb
except when referring to one thing.
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7. “or” and “nor,” consider the
singularity/plurality of the nearest
noun to the verb.
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8. When encountering a prepositional
phrase, always ignore it
because it does not contain the subject.
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9. Indefinite pronoun
(everybody, anybody…) uses singular
verb.
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10. The expression, “the
number” takes a singular verb.
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11. The expression, “a number”
takes a plural verb.
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12. The positive idea, not
the negative idea in the sentence
agrees in number with a verb.
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Notes:
o Most Nouns
that ends with “s” is plural.
o Verb that
ends “s” is singular.
Arrangement of Adjective
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Article/possessive adjective/demonstrative
adjective/other determiners
Examples:
both/this/my/an/several
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Numerals/ordinals
Examples:
first/last/fifth
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Quantifiers
Examples:
few/a little/plenty
• Qualitative
adjectives
Examples:
ugly/main/famous
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Size
Examples:
big/heavy
• Age/temperature
Examples:
hot/old
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Shape
Examples:
round/circular
• Color
Examples:
red/dark blue
• Origin
Examples:
Elizabethan/rural
• Material/noun
Examples:
plastic/table
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