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Subject-Verb Agreement

Subject-Verb Agreement       More Grammar Rules:   Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects                 Subject-Verb Agreement                 Irregular Verbs                 Clauses and Phrases                 Pronouns   Who vs. Whom                 Whoever vs. Whomever   Who, That, Which                 Adjectives and Adverbs   Prepositions                 Effective Writing   NOTE We will use the standard of underlining subjects once and verbs twice. Being able to find the right subject and verb will help you correct errors of subject-verb agreement. Basic Rule.  A singular subject ( she, Bill, car ) takes a singular verb ( is, goes, shines ), whereas a plural subject takes a plural verb. Example:   The  list  of items  is /are on the desk. If you know that  list  is the subject, then you will choose  is  for the verb. Rule 1.  A subject will come before a phrase beginning with  of . This is a key rule for understanding subjects. The word  of  is the culprit in