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subject-verb agreement
subject-verb agreement means the subject and predicate in a sentence
must agree in number.
- subject: who or what the sentence is about
- predicate: what the subject is doing (action)
singular
subject - does not end in -s
verb - ends in -s
plural
subject - ends in -s
verb - does not end in -s
multiple singular subjects
\and\ - plural verb form
\or\ - verb should agree with the nearest subject
exceptions
- collective nouns: words that act as a singular noun while representing a
group
- indefinite pronouns: pronouns that do not explicitly denote a number of
subjects
- some singular subjects end in the word s but are not plural. (e.g., \politics\)
which sentence has correct subject-verb
greement?
the robots is taking over.
samantha were an actress.
connie is a supermodel.
Brief Explanations
- For "The robots is taking over", "robots" is plural (ends in -s), so the verb should be "are" (plural verb form).
- For "Samantha were an actress", "Samantha" is singular (doesn't end in -s), so the verb should be "was" (singular verb form).
- For "Connie is a supermodel", "Connie" is singular (doesn't end in -s) and the verb "is" (ends in -s, singular verb form) matches.
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Connie is a supermodel.