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Grammar Notebook
Subject-Verb Agreement
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Rule #1
Singular subjects take singular verbs
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ExamplesMax eats candy. Sue eats candy.
He eats candy. She eats candy.
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Rule #2
Plural subjects take plural verbs.
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ExamplesMax and Sue eat candy.
They eat candy.
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Rule #3
When two subjects are joined by and, the verb should be plural.
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ExamplesBill washes his car.
Tom washes his car.
Bill and Tom wash their cars.
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Justin and Patrick (go goes) to every home game.TRICK: If you know the subject is plural, replace the names with the plural word they. Then you can HEAR which verb sounds right!They go to every home game.
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Rule #4
When two subjects are joined by or ornor, the verb should match the subject closest to it .
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Examples with ORSam mows my lawn every weekend.
Kevin mows my lawn every weekend.
Either Sam or Kevin mows my lawn every weekend.
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Examples with NORThe scouts were not lost.
The leader was not lost.
Neither the scouts nor the leader was lost.
Neither the leader nor the scouts were lost.
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Neither Joan nor Deirdre (drinks drink) coffee.TRICK: If you know the subject is singular, replace the name with the singular word he or she. Then you can HEAR which verb sounds right!She drinks coffee.
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Rule #5
A word in a prepositional phrase will not be the subject.
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ExamplesEvery day one of the football players falls down.
TIP: Putting parentheses around the prepositional phrase can help you find the correct subject!Every day one (of the football players) falls down.
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( was / were ) completely covered with aphids.Either Jen or Nicole ( brings / bring ) magazines to read while doing the laundry.Neither the employees nor the manager ( knows / know ) how to install a new roll of paper into the cash register.