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Subject-Verb Agreement -- portions • With words that indicate portions—percent, fraction, part, majority, some, all, none, remainder, and so forth —look at the noun in your of phrase (object of the preposition) to determine whether to use a singular or plural verb. If the object of the preposition is singular, use a singular verb. If the object of the preposition is plural, use a plural verb. • • Examples: • Fifty percent of the pie has disappeared. – “Pie” is the object of the preposition “of.” • Fifty percent of the pies have disappeared. – Pies is the object of the preposition “of.” • One-third of the city is unemployed. • One-third of the people are unemployed. • NOTE: Hyphenate all spelled-out fractions. Subject-Verb Agreement -- portions • • • • • • All of the pie _____ is gone. are gone. All of the pies _____ is missing. Some of the pie _____ are missing. Some of the pies _____ One-third of the garbage _____ is picked up. are punctuated One-third of the sentences _____ correctly. • Of all her books, none _____ have sold as well as the first one Subject-Verb Agreement – portions Practice • Write three pair of sentences using the same beginning but yielding verbs of different plurality – EX: • Most of the puppies are gassy. • Most of the puppy is brown. Subject-Verb Agreement – singular indefinite pronouns • The words each, each one, every one, either, neither, everyone, everybody, anybody, anyone, nobody, somebody, someone, and no one are singular and require a singular verb. • Ex: – – – – Each of these hot dogs is juicy. Everybody knows Mr. Jones. Neither of them is available to speak right now. Either of us is capable of doing the job. Subject-Verb Agreement – singular indefinite pronouns • Everyone in the hallway _____ walks slowly slowly(to (towalk) walk) • Neither of the students ________ forgets hishis or or herher homework (to forget) • Each of the crocodiles ______ cries fake fake tears tears (to (to cry)cry) Subject-Verb Agreement – singular indefinite pronouns • Write five sentences using the indefinite pronouns and present tense verbs. S/V Agreement – Intervening Phrases • Do not be misled by a phrase that comes between the subject and the verb. The verb agrees with the subject, not with a noun or pronoun in the phrase. – EX: • • • • One of the boxes is open. The people who listen to that music are few. The team captain, as well as his players, is anxious. The book, including all the chapters in the first section, is boring. • The woman with all the dogs walks down my street. S/V Agreement – Intervening Phrases • The doctors at the local hospital __________ to find a race cure for the deadly infection that has appeared among the region’s population. (To race) • The locals , who are scared beyond rational thought, __________ the hospital demanding immediate storm treatment. (To storm) • The county morgue , which is not designed to handle full to bursting is this many deaths at once, __________ with corpses. (To be) • The owner of the local chain of grocery stores opens __________ up his inventory to help people during the time of crisis. (To open) S/V Agreement – Intervening Phrases • Practice: Write five sentences with phrases that intervene between the subject and the verb. The sentences should be written in PRESENT tense. Subject/verb Agreement -- And • When the subject of a sentence is composed of two or more nouns or pronouns connected by “and,” use a plural verb. • She and her cow are at the fair. Subject/verb Agreement -- And • 1. He and I _________ hate swimming. (To hate) • 2. She and he __________ in the park in the walk afternoons. (To walk) • 3. John and his father __________ to get a want puppy for Christmas. (To want) • 4. Umkulthoum and her sister __________ kill kittens. (To kill) • 5. Umkulthoum and her sister __________ are sociopaths. (To be) Subject/verb Agreement – Or/Nor • When a compound subject contains nouns or pronouns joined by “or” or “nor,” the verb should agree with the part of the subject that is nearer the verb. • The boy or his friends run every day. • His friends or the boy runs every day. Subject/verb Agreement – “or/nor” • Either you or he _________ hates swimming. (To hate) • Neither she nor we __________ in the park in walk the afternoons. (To walk) • John or his father __________ wants to get a puppy for Christmas. (To want) • Umkulthoum or her sisters __________ kittens. kill (To kill) is • Umkulthoum or her sister __________ sociopathic. (To be) Subject/verb Agreement – “And/Or/Nor” Practice • Write three (present tense) sentence pairs (one wrong version, one correct version) using “and” to join subjects of a sentence. • Write three (present tense) sentence pairs (one wrong version, one correct version) using “or” or “nor” to join subjects of a sentence. Subject/Verb Agreement – There • In sentences beginning with there is or there are, the subject follows the verb. Since there is not the subject, the verb agrees with what follows. • There are many questions. • There is a question. Subject/Verb Agreement – There • There ______ is/was an explosion at the plant. (To be) • There _______ are/were many injuries as a result. (To be) • There ______ exists no reason for you to be hired. (To exist) exist several varieties of dog. (To exist) • There ______ Subject/Verb Agreement – There • Write three (present tense) sentence pairs (one wrong version, one correct version) beginning with the word “there.”