Subject Verb Agreement [Resume]

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A. Subject
Subject is the person/people/thing(s) that do the activity.
Example: I, You, They, We, She, He, It, etc.
B. Verb
Verb is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurance, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentences.

Kinds of Verb
- Action VERBS (Main Verb)
Action verbs are words that express action (give, eat, walk, etc.) or possession (have, own, etc.).
- Linking VERBS
A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective that renames or describes the subject.
To Be: is, am, are, was, were
Verb: seem, appear, become, grow, remain, get, prove, turn, look, sound, smell, taste, feel.
- Helping VERBS
Helping verbs are used before action or linking verbs to convey additional information regarding aspects of possibility (can, could, etc.) or time (was, did, has, etc.)

MAIN RULE OF “Subject Verb Agreement”
Only the subject affects the verb!
- Rule 1:
Subjects and verbs must agree in number. This is the cornerstone rule that forms the background of the concept.
- Rule 2:
Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they
do not affect agreement.
- Rule 3:
Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect
agreement.
- Rule 4:
When sentences start with “there” or “here,” the subject will always be placed
after the verb, so care needs to be taken to identify it correctly.
- Rule 5:
If two subjects are joined by and, they typically require a plural verb form.
- Rule 6:
The verb is singular if the two subjects separated by and refer to the same
person or thing.
- Rule 7:
If one of the words each, every, or no comes before the subject, the verb is
singular.
- Rule 8:
If the subjects are both singular and are connected by the words or, nor,
neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also the verb is singular.
- Rule 9:
The only time when the object of the preposition decides plural or singular verb forms is when noun and pronoun subjects like some, half, none, more, all, etc. are followed by a prepositional phrase. In these sentences, the object of the preposition determines the form of the verb.
- Rule 10:
The singular verb form is usually used for units of measurement or time.
- Rule 11
If the subjects are both plural and are connected by the words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also, the verb is plural.
- Rule 12
If one subject is singular and one plural and the words are connected by the words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also, you use the verb form of the subject that is nearest the verb.
- Rule 13
Indefinite pronouns (everything, anything, everyone, someone, somebody, nothing, etc) typically take singular verbs.
- Rule 14
Except for the pronouns (few, many, several, both, all, some) that always take the plural form.
- Rule 15
If two infinitives are separated by and they take the plural form of the verb.
- Rule 16
When gerunds are used as the subject of a sentence, they take the singular verb
form of the verb; but, when they are linked by and, they take the plural form.
- Rule 17
Collective nouns like family, committee, herd, senate, class, crowd, etc. usually take a singular verb form.
- Rule 18
Titles of books, movies, novels, etc. are treated as singular and take a singular
verb.

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