Lesson proper
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SUBJECT-VERB
AGREEMENT
7 specific cases
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COMPOUND SUBJECTS: Or/NOR
@ Singular subjects – Singular Verbs
A car or a bus is the only means to travel.
@ Plural Subjects – Plural Verbs
Either the fathers or the mothers go to the meeting.
@ Subjects with different number – Verb agrees with subject nearest to it
Neither those cats nor that dog was taken.
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Either the gray or the white one are good for the subject.
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Either the purse or the watch (is/are) bought as a gift.
Neither these magazines nor those newspapers (has/have) the article I was looking for.
Neither Eileen nor her sisters (ask/asks) their parents for money.
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COMPOUND SUBJECTS: AND
@ Plural verbs
A camera and a laptop were stolen.
@ Exemptions…
If (1) Subjects add up to one unit
Chips and dip is my favorite food.
(2) Subjects are preceded by each or every
Each man and woman leaves the building.
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Two other boys and another girl was selected.
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The bottles and the soda can (was/were) given to the garbage collector.
The wheel and axle (is/are) a type of simple machine.
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SUBJECTS THAT COME AFTER THE VERB
@ Verb agrees with the number of the subject
In the second floor are the two libraries.
There is the laptop computer.
Here is the new notebook.
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Located at the third floor of this majestic building are our library.
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There (is/are) new students coming next year.
One of the reasons for his expulsion (is/are) his insubordination.
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COLLECTIVE NOUNS
@ Single unit – singular verb
The herd is taken care of by the shepherd.
@Different individuals – plural verb
The committee have yet to prepare their statements.
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My choir were selected for the competition this afternoon.
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The school of fish (is/are) caught by the fishermen.
The faculty (is/are) each sent to different parts of the country to teach.
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PLURAL-LOOKING NOUNS
@ (1) Branches of knowledge; (2) Single unit or idea; (3) Indicating
characteristics – Singular verb
Economics is difficult to study.
The series is very entertaining.
The acoustics enhances the sound.
@ Words like: scissors, pants, trousers, pliers, shorts – plural verb
His pants are trendy.
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Physics are the best.
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Statistics (is/are) the course of Myrza.
Her trousers (is/are) very stylish.
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INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
@ Singular indefinite pronouns – singular verbs
Each of them is sick.
@ Plural indefinite pronouns – plural verbs
Many of the pigs are slaughtered.
@ All, Any, More, Most, None, and Some – verbs take number of the antecedent
All of the money is saved.
All of the papers are crumpled.
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Everybody excel in that subject. Everyone love grammar.
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Much of the students (fail/fails) the exam.
None of the cookies (is/are) handed to the little boy.
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AMOUNTS OR MEASUREMENTS
@ Singular verb
One-half of the pie is cut.
A kilo of the cereals is bought.
@ Referring to individual things – plural verb
Half of the chickens lay eggs.
One-twelfth of the students bring stroller bags.
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Majority of the student population read Kule.
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Three hundred pesos (is/are) the price of one ticket to IMAX.
Half of the dishes (has/have) been cleaned.
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