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    The document provides rules on subject-verb agreement. It states that singular subjects take singular verbs while plural subjects take plural verbs. It also notes that numbers take plural verbs unless the number is treated grammatically as a singular and that the subject of sentences beginning with "there is/are" follows the verb with singular or plural forms depending on the verb. Additionally, intervening phrases do not usually affect whether the subject is singular or plural.

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    The document provides rules on subject-verb agreement. It states that singular subjects take singular verbs while plural subjects take plural verbs. It also notes that numbers take plural verbs unless the number is treated grammatically as a singular and that the subject of sentences beginning with "there is/are" follows the verb with singular or plural forms depending on the verb. Additionally, intervening phrases do not usually affect whether the subject is singular or plural.

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    The document provides rules on subject-verb agreement. It states that singular subjects take singular verbs while plural subjects take plural verbs. It also notes that numbers take plural verbs unless the number is treated grammatically as a singular and that the subject of sentences beginning with "there is/are" follows the verb with singular or plural forms depending on the verb. Additionally, intervening phrases do not usually affect whether the subject is singular or plural.

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    RULES ON SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

    1. Subjects and verbs must agree in


    number.
    Singular subjects take singular
    verbs. Plural subjects take plural
    verbs.
    2. A number normally takes the plu-
    ral. The number takes the singular.
    3. In sentences that begin in there
    is/are, the subject follows the verb.
    There is—singular
    There are—plural
    4. The number of a subject is not
    usually affected by the intervening
    phrase.

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