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Sentence Skills:Sentence Skills:Subject-verb AgreementSubject-verb Agreement
English Skills for AcademicEnglish Skills for AcademicStudiesStudies
 John Langan John Langan
(pp 349-354)(pp 349-354)
 
Subject-Verb AgreementSubject-Verb Agreement
When subjects and verbs agree, they matchin number and person.
In other words, singular subjects requiresingular verbs and plural subjects matchplural verbs; 
third person subjects requirethird person subjects requirethe third person form of the verb.the third person form of the verb.
My brotherbuysold bicyclesto repair..My brothersbuyold bicyclesto repair
..
 
In English, regular verbs take thesame form for singular and plural
except except 
 for the third-person singularform of the verb.
The -s, or -es ending on a verbdesignates a singular verb.
In fact, nouns and verbs are theopposite where plural endings areconcerned.
Subject-Verb AgreementSubject-Verb Agreement
 
The boy walksThe boys wal
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