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