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GSP – Grammar 3rd person singular with regular verbs Nouns are singular or plural and so to are verbs – this means they have to match when a verb is used alongside a noun. - This is especially easy to get wrong with the array of reporting verbs we use in academic work. - This can be confusing because we are used to verbs being action/feeling words to tell us what something or someone is doing or feeling. - This becomes important as ‘it’ (as a neutral subject pronoun) is used a good deal in academic work. It always takes the 3rd person singular addition of an –s. - Even reporting verbs have to match the implied ‘number’ of the noun they go with. This is called subject-verb agreement. - All sentences have a verb and a subject. So we tend to be used to these forms of sentence: He plays play badminton. Every horse eats hay. The course starts in September. But we sometimes forget about more ‘abstract’ forms that still need the added –s. My car needs a new tyre. The hatred grows amongst rival groups. The report closes with key recommendations. This equates to reporting and discussing authors and research or covering events in your writing. For example; Smith and Khan state... (they state) but Smith states... (he/she or even ‘it’ referring to the research). Academic Skills Advice service www.brad.ac.uk/academic-skills/
