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Mind Map by Kevin Aguirre, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Kevin Aguirre
almost 6 years ago
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Subject Verb Agreement
- Agreement is a relation between two elements
such that they match one another in terms of
some grammatical feature. In English the most
important type of agreement is number of
agreement between the subject and verb.
- there are some basic
rules for SVA
- 1- A verb must
agree with its
subject
- 2- In an inverted order sentence
beginning with a prepositional phrase,
the verb still agrees with its subject
- 3- Prepositional phares beginning with the
compound prepositions such as along with,
toghether with, in addition to, and as well as
should be ignored, for they don't affect SVA.
- 4- A verb must agree with its
subject, not its subject coplement
- 5- The verb must agrees with
the subject, not with the
expletive.
- 6- Indefinite pronuouns such as each,
either, one, everyone, everyobody, and
everything are singular
- 1- A verb must
agree with its
subject
- Important
pointers about
SVA
- Intervening words between
subject and verb, in most of
cases, the esiest and most
effective method for
determining the subject its
corresponding verb is to
ignoring the words between
the subject and the verb.
- Subjects joined by "and" and "both...
and", two subjects, wheter plural or
singular, that are joined by "and" and
"both...and" become one plural subject
and should be paired with a plural
verb.
- Subjects joined by "or",
"nor", "neither...or", and
"either...nor". If two
singular subjects are
joined by these words,
they remain singular
and should be paired
with a singular verb.
- Intervening words between
subject and verb, in most of
cases, the esiest and most
effective method for
determining the subject its
corresponding verb is to
ignoring the words between
the subject and the verb.
- there are some basic
rules for SVA
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