Subject-Verb

Agreement for
Pronouns as Subjects
When composing clear sentences, pronouns should agree with the
correct verb form.
1. Personal pronouns take the place of specific nouns (the names
of people, places, or things). They are used instead of a
specific name to avoid repetition.
a. Subject pronouns like I, you, he, she, it, they, and we replace
the name of the subject in the sentence.
b. She, he, and it are singular personal pronouns and are
followed by the –s/singular form of the verb and the linking
verbs is, was, and has.

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2. Indefinite pronouns are used to refer to people or things without
saying exactly who or what they are.
a. Singular indefinite pronouns such as anyone, anybody, anything,
another, each, either, everybody, everyone, neither, nobody, no
one, someone, somebody, something, one, little, much, less, and
other used as subjects agree with the –s/singular form of the verb
and the linking verb is, was, and has.

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b. The indefinite pronouns both, few, many, and several are plural
and therefore require a plural verb. All, any, more, most, none, and
some could be singular or plural, depending on their meaning in a
sentence.
3. Demonstrative pronouns such as this, these, that, and those point
to the noun to which they refer. This and that use the –s form of the
verb, while these and those use the base form of the verb.
4. When every, each, no, and, many a comes before a subject, the –
s form of the verb is used.