Monday, January 5, 2009

Subject Verb Agreement

Subject Verb Agreement

The verb must agree with its subject in number

Singular - The kitten purrs.

Plural - The kittens purr.

Compound Subjects

Compound subject can have a singular or plural verb, depending on the conjunction used.

If you use and to join the parts of a compound subject use a plural verb.

Shrews, moles, and toads eat insects.

If you use:

or, nor, either...or, neither...nor to join parts with a compound subject, the verb agrees with the nearer subject.

Neither pandas nor koalas are in the zoo.
Either a panda or koalas live in that zoo.
Two koalas or a panda is coming later.

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