Relationship between the
subject and the verb
Subject-verb agreement
Two or more singular subjects
joined by and are always?
plural
Compound subjects referring to the same item take ..
singular verb
referring to
different items take plural verb
Compound subjects
joined by or, nor, and
correlatives:
If both subjects are singular, then the verb is
singular same with plural.
Compound subjects
Compound subjects joined by or, nor, and
correlatives: If the subjects differ in number, follow the?
proximity rule
is considered singular if
everyone in the group is acting as one;
and plural if acting separately.
collective noun
The subject “the number” takes a
singular verb
The subject “a number” takes a
plural verb
introduced by with, together
with, as well as, and separated by commas do
not affect the subject-verb agreement
Intervening phrases
“did” always goes along with
the base form of the verb.
Auxiliary verb
It is all about using the same structure for related words,
phrases, or clauses in a sentence. Elements in any sentence
should be equal grammatically
Parallelism
Misusing words, because they sound very similar with other
words, is also a common mistake in grammar.
Word Choice
