SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT Subject and verb agreement is suitability between a subject in the sentence and a verb

in the sentence. If the subject is singular, the verb must be singular too. And if the subject is plural, the verb must be plural too. But there are some exception for it. There are some words that these following words are used as subject in the sentence, it means that the sentence has a singular subject, so the verb must be singular too. Those words are : everyone everybody everything someone somebody something anyone anybody anything no one nobody nothing each either neither

Example: Everybody in this room is my family Someone in the corner of the museum is Anitas friend. If eachand every comes before singular subjects and followed by and (after the subject), the verb must be singular. Example: Every male and female lion gets the same training for the circus show. Prepositional phrases that come between subject and verb do not change the number of subject. Prepositional phrases : together with in addition to along with as well as

Example: Anita together with her mom goes to the market. Students along with their teacher are busy before the final exam. There are some words that never become a subjects. When those words begin the sentence, it means that the subject comes after the verb. Example: There are no flowers in the garden. There, here, and where

There is no doubt for me about your love. Subjects joined by and or both....and.... take a plural verb. Except, if the sentence have every or each before the subject and joined by and the verb must be singular. Example: Both Shinta and Shanti are beautiful. If the subject is plural, so the verb must be plural too. The plural words are several, many, both, few. Example: Only a few are coming to this party. There are some nouns that always plural form, so always take plural verbs too. Clothes Tools Abstract : trousers, pants, jeans, sungglasses. : scissors, pliers, tweezers. : riches, thanks, means.

But some of them are followed by singular verb when used in expressions like a pair of .... , a word of .... . Example: Her sungglasses are too lux for me, but: A pair of sungglasses is suitable use at noon. neither....nor When the subjects are joined by closer subject. either....or not only....but also , the verb must agree with the

Example: Not only the teacher, but also the students are busy before the final exam. None, all, some, any, majority, most, half.. Maybe singular or plural word, depending on the noun which follow it. none + of the + non-count noun + SINGULAR VERB none + of the + plural count noun+ PLURAL VERB

Example: None of the students have finished the final exam yet.

a number of is plural, and the number of is singular. Example: A number of tigers in African forest are prey on some deer. The number of gorillas in Indonesia is small. There are some expression words always plural in form but the verb must be singular, such as the expression of time, money, weight, volume, lenght. Example: Two years is too long for her to waiting for him. There are some words that plural in form but the meaning of those words is singular, so the verb must be singular too.
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Example: Mathematics makes some of my friends confuse. Some of the title of the books and movies are plural but still take singular verb. Example: Harry Potter is written by JK Rowling. Collective nouns also many words indicating a number of people or animals are singular. The following nouns are usually singular. In some cases they are plural if the sentence indicates that the individual members are acting separately. congress organization government family team jury group army majority committee club minority class crowd public

Example: The family are fighting among themselves constantly. There are some nouns that singular or plural in form meaning is same. The pronouns and modifiers with these words will indicate whether they are singular or plural in meaning. singular That This plural Those These

Nouns for nationality refers to language, it takes a singular verb. But, if those nouns refer to the people or country, those nouns must be take a plural verb and begin with article the. Example: Japanese is my favourite language. The Japanese are very kind. If the subject of the sentence is a gerund, the verb must be take a singular verb. Example: Joining the class with him makes me angry. Some of English words are borrowed from other language, and have unusual singular or plural form. Origin Greek Greek Latin Latin Latin Latin -is -on -us -a -um -ix/-ex S -es -a -i -ae -a -ices P Singular Examples Basis Phenomenon Radius Alga Datum Index, appendix Plural Examples Bases Phenomena Radii Algae Data Indices, appendices

Example: Supernatural phenomena are of great interest to many people.