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Rules On Subject-Verb Agreement

This document outlines rules for subject-verb agreement, stating that subjects and verbs must agree in number and that pronouns like who, that, and which take their number from the noun they refer to, not other words between the subject and verb. Prepositional phrases also do not affect agreement, as demonstrated through examples.

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Rules On Subject-Verb Agreement

This document outlines rules for subject-verb agreement, stating that subjects and verbs must agree in number and that pronouns like who, that, and which take their number from the noun they refer to, not other words between the subject and verb. Prepositional phrases also do not affect agreement, as demonstrated through examples.

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RULES ON

SUBJECT-VERB
AGREEMENT
RULE: SUBJECTS AND VERBS
MUST AGREE IN NUMBER.

Example: VERB

LAZINESS IS THE SIBLING OF


SUBJECT
STARVATION.
 WHO,
THAT AND WHICH ARE
CONSIDERED SINGULAR OR
PLURAL ACCORDING TO THE NOUN
DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THEM. DO
NOT GET CONFUSED BY THE WORDS
THAT COME BETWEEN THE SUBJECT
AND THE VERB; THEY DO NOT
AFFECT AGREEMENT.
Example:
SUBJECT

One who spends too much time


choosing ends up with crack wares..
VERB
Example:
SUBJECT

Those who act tough are really coward.


VERB
RULE: PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES BETWEEN THE
SUBJECT AND THE VERB DO NOT AFFECT AGREEMENT.

VERB
Example:
FAITH IN GOD BRINGS US
SUBJECT
SUCCES IN LIFE.
Example:
SUBJECT

A friend in need is a friend indeed.


VERB

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