Subject-verb agreement
What is Subject-verb agreement?
Subject-verb agreement A verb must agree in number with its subject. Consider the examples. In the first sentence, a plural verb form are follows a plural pronoun we. We are tired.
However, in the second sentence, a singular form is follows the plural subject we. This sentence is incorrect. We is tired.(incorrect)
Plural and singular verb Use a plural verb following two or more nouns that are joined by and. For example: Sara and her sister live in Scotland.
Use a singular verb following a group noun when it talks about the group as a whole. For example: the class goes on a field trip every month.
Using a singular verb following a noun in expressions that refer to a single member of a group. for example: one of the students owns a restaurant. the leader of the wolves eats first.
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