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Rule 5b: Some indefinite pronouns are singular; others are plural. Certain indefinite pronouns are either
singular or plural, depending on how they are used. See list in textbook on page 115.
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Rule 5c: Subjects joined by and generally take a plural verb.
Rule 5d: Singular subjects joined by or or nor take a singular verb. Plural subjects joined by or or nor
take a plural verb.
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Rule 5e: When a singular subject and a plural subject are joined by or or nor, the verb agrees with the
subject nearer the verb.
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Rule 5f: Collective nouns may be either singular or plural, depending on their meaning in the sentence.
(See definition and examples of collective noun in textbook).
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Rule 5g: A verb agrees with its subject but not necessarily with a predicate nominative. Recall that a
predicate nominative is a word or word group that is in the predicate and identifies the subject it refers to
(i.e. Some caterpillars become butterflies. Butterflies identifies the subject caterpillars).
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Rule 5h: When the subject follows the verb, find the subject and make sure that the verb agrees with it.
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Rule 5i: An expression of an amount (a measurement, a percentage, or a fraction, for example) may be
singular or plural, depending on how it is used.
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Rule 5j: When the relative pronoun that, which, or who is the subject in an adjective clause, the verb in
the clause agrees with the word to which the relative pronoun refers.
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Rule 5k: A subject preceded by every or many a(n) takes a singular verb.
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5L: The contractions don't and doesn’t should agree with their subjects.
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5m: Some nouns that are plural in form take singular verbs. See list of nouns in the textbook.
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5n: Even when plural in form, the title of a creative work (such as a book, song, movie, or painting)
generally takes a singular verb.
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5o: Even when plural in form, the name of a country, a city, or an organization generally takes a singular
verb.
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Identify Subject-Verb Agreement
In the following sentences, a verb does not agree with its subject. For each incorrect
verb, write the correct form. If a sentence is already correct, write C.
1. There was women, as well as men, who set out on the perilous journey into new
territory.
2. The store, the hotel, and the airport is all in a ten-mile radius of the beach.
3. The Bronzeville Boys and Girls are a collection of poems by Gwendolyn Brooks.
4. Mr. Ortega, along with the other members of the firm, have established a
scholarship fund for art students.
Identify Subject-Verb Agreement
In the following sentences, a verb does not agree with its subject. For each incorrect
verb, write the correct form. If a sentence is already correct, write C.
1. There was women, as well as men, who set out on the perilous journey into new
territory. When the subject follows the verb, find the subject [women] and make
sure that the verb [was, which should be were] agrees with it.
2. The store, the hotel, and the airport is all in a ten-mile radius of the beach.
Subjects that are joined by and [the store, the hotel, and the airport] generally
take a plural verb [is, which should be are].
3. The Bronzeville Boys and Girls are a collection of poems by Gwendolyn Brooks.
Even when plural in form, the title of a creative work (such as a book, song,
movie, or painting) [The Bronzeville Boys] generally takes a singular verb [are,
should be is].
4. Mr. Ortega, along with the other members of the firm, have established a
scholarship fund for art students. A verb should agree in number with its subject.
Singular subjects [Mr. Ortega] take singular verbs [have, should be has]. AND,
the number of a subject usually is not determined by a word in a phrase or clause
following the subject [along with the other members of the firm].