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 | SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT – A subject must agree in number with its verb.
1. A singular subject is used with a singular verb. Verbs ending in s are usually singular.
Samples: is, has, was, goes, runs
Examples: He is right. (He, a singular subject, is used with is, a singular verb.)
2. A plural subject is used with a plural verb. Verbs that do not end is s are usually plural.
Samples: are, have, were, go, run
Example: The boys are in the library. (Boys, a plural subject, is used with are, a plural verb.)
Caution: A phrase that follows a subject does not change the number of the subject.
Example: One of the boxes is full of candy. (The subject is one, not boxes. Therefore, is is the correct singular verb. One is full of candy, not all of the boxes.)
Example: The eerie lights in the deserted house scare me. (Scare is the correct Plural verb to use with lights, a plural subject.)
*Some singular indefinite pronouns: each, everyone, everybody, anyone, anybody, either, neither, one, no one, somebody
*Some plural indefinite pronouns: many, few, several, both
Example: Each of the pamphlets is about airplanes. (Is, a singular verb, is used with each, a singular subject.)
Example: Several on the team want to play. (Want, a plural verb, is used with several, a plural subject.)
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