Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Subject Verb Agreement


  1.  Words in middle, or appositives, don’t affect the number of the subject.
  2. Indefinite pronouns are singular.
  3. Object of the “of-phrase” must be followed.
  4. Some” is taken plural.
  5. If correlative conjunctions were used, the closest subject will be followed.
  6. A word which normally has “s” on their base form is still singular.
  7. Subjects as a body of  knowledge is singular, but subjects as a body, quality, or characteristic is plural.
  8. There” and “Here” can be singular or plural depending on the word net to it.
  9. Collective nouns as a group are a singular and plural if it meant separately in the sentence.
  10. A work or title is singular.
  11. Measurements are singular.
  12. Relative pronouns follow the antecedents for plurality.
  13. Both “all” and “several” are taken as plurals.
  14. Adjectives are plural.


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