Subject Verb Agreement is when both the subject and the verb are both singular, or both plural. Common error occurs when speaking in third person because “s” or “es” must be added to the end of the verb.
In most cases, the verb will agree with the first noun to its left. However, sometimes the verb comes after the noun in the sentence. An example of this would be in the sentence “Into the leaves jumped the small girl.” In this sentence, the subject was the girl and the verb was jumped.
If two subjects are joined by the word “and”, then they are considered plural. If the two subjects are joined by the words “or” or “nor”, the verb should agree with the subject that is closer to it.
Indefinite pronouns (someone, somebody, each, either one, everyone, or anyone) often confuse people even though they have a plural meaning, they need a singular verb.
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