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Subj - verb agreement
Laura Padilla
Countable and uncountable nouns
Countable nouns can be singular or plural. When they are plural, they are followed by the plural from of a verb. Uncountable nouns are always singular and are followed by the singular form of a verb.
Your colleagues think you made the right decision. Your colleagues thinks you made the right decision. Your advice was very helpful. Your advies were very helpful.
Indefinite pronouns
The indefinite pronouns "one, everyone, no one, someone, and anyone" are followed by a singular verb.
Everyone has been trying to help me find a flat. Does anyone want to go to the beach this weekend?
Countable and uncountable nouns
"Each and each of" are followed by a singular verb. However, "many (of), some (of), both (of), several (of), and a few (of) are all followed by a plural verb.
Each neighbourhood has its own play area for children. Several of my friends have bought their own flats recently.
"In informal conversation, singular words like everyine and everybody are sometime followed by the word their + a noun. However, this is not considered correct in writing.
Everyone disagrees with their parents at times. (spoken, informal)
Everybody asks his or her parent for money on occasion. (usually written)
Collective Nouns
In British English, collective nouns are frequently plural. (In American English, collective nouns are generally singular.)
My team is/are playing very well at the moment. The government wants/want to employ more primary school teachers.
Collective nouns referring to a group of individuals are plural.
The police are stopping cars along the motorway. The Japanese are usually very polite.
cAREFUL!
it’s also correct—and quite common—to treat a collective noun as plural when what is being communicated is that the members or components of a group are acting individually rather than as a unit
My family mostly have their birthdays in the fall and winter. The choir were all warming up in different keys. Among the student body, the majority are Californians.
Asides
When a sentence has a comment in the middle as an "aside," the verb always agrees with subject of the sentence, not the noun in the aside. Asides often begin with inclusive phrases, like as well as or in addition to, or exclusive phrases, like aside from or apart from.
My sister, aling with a lot of my friends, loves dancing. YMy sister, along with a lot of my friends, love dancing. All of my teachers, apart from just one, are planning to come to my wedding. All of my teachers, apart from just one, is planning to come to my wedding.
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Subj - verb agreement
Laura Padilla
Countable and uncountable nouns
Countable nouns can be singular or plural. When they are plural, they are followed by the plural from of a verb. Uncountable nouns are always singular and are followed by the singular form of a verb.
Your colleagues think you made the right decision. Your colleagues thinks you made the right decision. Your advice was very helpful. Your advies were very helpful.
Indefinite pronouns
The indefinite pronouns "one, everyone, no one, someone, and anyone" are followed by a singular verb.
Everyone has been trying to help me find a flat. Does anyone want to go to the beach this weekend?
Countable and uncountable nouns
"Each and each of" are followed by a singular verb. However, "many (of), some (of), both (of), several (of), and a few (of) are all followed by a plural verb.
Each neighbourhood has its own play area for children. Several of my friends have bought their own flats recently.
"In informal conversation, singular words like everyine and everybody are sometime followed by the word their + a noun. However, this is not considered correct in writing.
Everyone disagrees with their parents at times. (spoken, informal) Everybody asks his or her parent for money on occasion. (usually written)
Collective Nouns
In British English, collective nouns are frequently plural. (In American English, collective nouns are generally singular.)
My team is/are playing very well at the moment. The government wants/want to employ more primary school teachers.
Collective nouns referring to a group of individuals are plural.
The police are stopping cars along the motorway. The Japanese are usually very polite.
cAREFUL!
it’s also correct—and quite common—to treat a collective noun as plural when what is being communicated is that the members or components of a group are acting individually rather than as a unit
My family mostly have their birthdays in the fall and winter. The choir were all warming up in different keys. Among the student body, the majority are Californians.
Asides
When a sentence has a comment in the middle as an "aside," the verb always agrees with subject of the sentence, not the noun in the aside. Asides often begin with inclusive phrases, like as well as or in addition to, or exclusive phrases, like aside from or apart from.
My sister, aling with a lot of my friends, loves dancing. YMy sister, along with a lot of my friends, love dancing. All of my teachers, apart from just one, are planning to come to my wedding. All of my teachers, apart from just one, is planning to come to my wedding.