Correction

Subject verb agreement

Rule:

Two or more singular subject joined by “and” take a plural verb.

Examples

Azlan and Mohamin is coming. (Are)

Rule: 2

Two and more singular subjects joined by and used for “the same person” the take a singular verb.

Example:

The actor and the producer of the project have come. (Has)

My teacher and my mentor are coming. (Is)

Rule: 3

If the singular subjects are preceded by “each or every” the verb is singular.

Example:

 Each of us were afraid of being drowned. (Was)

 Everyone are playing. (Is)

Rule: 4

If two or more singular subjects are joined by “or” or “nor” or “either” or “neither nor” then the verb is
singular.

Example:

 Which are your favorite sport cricket or football? (Is)

 Either zaheer or asim are lying. (Is)
 Neither the boy nor the girls have come. (Has)

Rule: 5

When the subjects joined by “or”, “nor” are of the different numbers, the verb must be plural and the
plural subject must be place next to the verb.

Example:

 Neither the boys nor the girl has come. (Neither the girl nor the boy have come)
 Either the parents or the child has to come. (Either the child or the parents have come.)

Rule: 6
When the subjects joined by “or”, “nor” are of different person the verb agrees with the subject nearest
to it.

Examples:

 Either or I are mistaken. (Am)

 Neither she nor they is speaking. (Are)

Rule: 7

A collective noun takes a singular verb when talk of a whole and a plural verb when we talk of the
individual parts of it.

Examples:

 The committee have chosen its president. (Has)

 The cattle is grazing. (are)

Rule: 8

Some nouns which are plural in form but singular in meaning take a singular verb.

Example:

 Mathematics are my favorite subject. (Is)

 Statistic shows that India is still a power country. (show)

Rule: 9

Words joined to singular subject by “with”, “in addition to”,”as well as” are supplementary and do not
affect the number of the verb.

Examples:

 The principal, along with all the teachers have come. (Has)
 The pizza as well as the cake taste good. (tastes)

Rule: 10

When the subject is a relative pronoun, verb should agree in number and person with the antecedent.

Examples:

 I who is your friend, is honest to you. (Am, am)

 The books which you gave me is lying on the table. (are)

Rule: 11

When there two subjects in a sentence and they are not in the same number then separate auxiliary
verbs should be used.

Examples:

 Two men dead and one were alive. (Two men were dead and one was alive)
  Eight shirts torns and one were burnt. (Eight shirts were torns and one was burnt.)

Rule: 12

A single verb should be made to serve two subjects only when the forms of verb is same for both
the subject.

Examples:

 He is ten years old and you twelve. (He is ten years old and you are twelve.)
 I am drinking tea and he drinking coffee. (I am drinking tea and he is drinking coffe.)

Verb

Rule: 1

If two auxiliary verbs are used with one main verb the form of the main verb must be appropriate to
both of them.

Examples:

 I have and will eat pizza every day. (I have eaten and will eat pizza every day.)
 Hot chocolate fudge was like by me, is liked b me and will be liked by me. (Hot chocolate fudge
was, is and will be liked by me.)

Rule: 2

If there is only one auxiliary verb to two main verbs then it should be correctly related with both.

Examples:

 One duck has drowned and two poisoned. (One duck has drowned and two have been
poisoned.)
 One tap is working and one is not working. (One tap is working and one not working.)

Tenses

Rule: 1

A past tense in the main clause should be followed by a past tense in the subordinate clause.

Examples:

 He saw that the clock has stopped (He saw that the clock had stopped.)
 We succeeded because we work hard. (We succeeded because we worked hard.)

Rule: 2

A past tense in the main clause may be followed by a present tense in the subordinate clause for
universal truths.

Examples:
  Our teacher said that the earth moved around the sun. (Our teacher said that the sun moves
around the sun.)
 My mother told me that the sun rose in the east. (My mother told me that the sun rises in the
east.)

Rule: 3

In present perfect continuous tenses, an action from past which still continuous in present is talked of
use adverbials of time – since, for .

Examples:

 I lived here since 1980, so I know everything about the city. (I have been living here since 1980,
so I know everything about the city.)
 I am working here for the last ten years. (I have been working here for the last ten years.)

Adverbs

Rule: 1

In adverbs of the past like “yesterday”, “in 1990” past indefinite tense is used. Present perfect is not
used.

Examples:

 I have bought a cycle yesterday. (I bought a cycle yesterday.)

 I have meet him in 2020. (I meet him in 2020.)

Model Auxiliary

Two model auxiliaries in a sentence must be joined by “and”.

Examples:

 We should must go to his office. (We should and must go to his office.)
 You can may go out. (You can and may go out.)

Adjectives

Rule: 1

Adjectives of quantity (whole, sufficient, any, half, some, much, little, enough, all, no) are used for
uncountable nouns only.

Examples:

 I ate a few rice. (I ate some rice.)

 Give me a food to eat. (Give me enough food to eat.)

Rule: 2
Numeral adjective are used for countable nouns only.

Examples:

 I read much books on this subject. (Many)

 I faced much problems in my life. (Many)
 I want a little utensils and few food. (I want a few utensils and some food.)

Rule: 3

When cardinal and ordinal numbers are used together, ordinal numbers proceeds cardinal followed by
multiplicative numbers.

Examples:

 The four first boys will be given a chance. (The first four boys will be given a chance

 The five first single rooms are reserved for us. ( The first five rooms are reserved for us)

Rule: 4

Later, latest denoted time and Latter, Last denoted position.

Examples:

 I reached at 10. He was latter than I expected. (Later)

 Give me lasted book kept on the shelf. (Last)

Rule: 5

Farther denotes Distance and Further denotes Additional.

Examples:

 He insisted on further improvement. ( Further)

 His home is at the further end of the woods. (Farther)

Rule: 6

Each denotes two or more than two. And every denotes more than two.

Examples

 Every of the two boys will get a prize. (Each)

 Every a man has a weakness. (Every man has a weakness)

Rule: 7

To express quantity/degree, some used for positive, Any used for negative and interrogative sentence.

Examples:

 Have you bought some mangoes? (Any)

 I don’t have some money but I have any food. (Any, Some)