Subject Verb

Agreement

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Meaning

Subject verb agreement means that a subject

and its verb must be both singular or both
plural.
11 Rules explained with example

Singular & Plural Verb

01 Verb must agree with subject in figures and and in person .If the
subject is singular ,the verb must be singular ,for example,
The dog drinks water every day.

Singular & Plural Subjects

02 Two or more words connected by ‘and’ take a plural verb. For
example,
Sana and Sara are playing together.
 Midsentense Phrase or Clause
03 Subject verb agreement with a phrase or clause between the subject and verb. E.g.
The house between the two streets is empty.

Singular & Plural Indefinite Pronoun

04
Singular and plural indefinite pronoun example,
Something is wrong with me.(singular indefinite pronoun)
Both are qualified for the interview. (plural indefinite pronoun).

Collective Nouns
05 It is also called a group noun. It expresses a group of people such as family, army,
team etc. It can be singular or plural.
The crowd is in a happy mood. (singular).
 Pair Nouns
06 A pair nouns is always plural and takes a plural verb.
Your new pants are very nice.
Those shirt are neat and clean.

USE OF EITHER – OR
It is used before subjects,sometimes it takes a singular verb and sometimes a
07 plural verb
Either my father or my brother are going to the office.

USE OF NEITHER – NOR

It can be used both singular as well as plural in sentences
08 Neither my mother nor my sister know how to swin
Neither my father nor my mother is coming to play.
 FRACTIONAL EXPRESSIONS
09 Fractional expressions are sometime singular and sometime
Plural.It also depends on its meaning how it represents such as half of,a part
of,a percentage of,etc.

RELATIVE PRONOUN
10 Relative pronouns (who,which,or that) can be singular or plural.Alice is one of
the students who has done her work.

COMPOUND SUBJECTS
11 Compound subject (two subject) always take a a plural verb, in some
situation.it may be singular.
Sugar and salt are needed.
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