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SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
William Reyes
Leonel Mendoza
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DEFINITION
Definition: A grammatical rule that states that the
verb must agree in number with its subject.
In other words, singular subjects must have
singular verbs and plural subjects must have plural
verbs.
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I liveYou liveHe livesShe livesIt livesWe liveThey live
I washYou washHe washesShe washesIt washesWe washThey wash
Present tense verbs change to show agreement in the third person singular form by adding an “S” or “es”
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RULES
Two singular subjects connected by either /or , neither/nor
in a sentence have a singular verb.
Example: Neither mike nor tom is helping at the restaurant.
Example#2: My brother or my sister is going to pick you up
at your school.
When using two or more subjects that are connected by
“and” use a plural verb.
Example: William and Leonel are freshman at UC Merced.
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MORE RULES
The verb agrees with the subject, even if there is a
phrase in between that contains a pronoun or noun.
Ex: One of the cars is stolen.
The verb agrees with what follows if there is no
subject at the beginning.
Ex: There are many flowers.
Ex#2: There is a flower.
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http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
sv_agr.htm
https://eee.uci.edu/programs/esl/svlink.html
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/
subjectVerbAgree.asp
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/599/01/
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
quizzes/svagr2.htm