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| When compound subjects are joined by and or both-and... |
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| When compound subjects are joined by or, nor, either-or, neither-nor... |
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| The verb must agree with the closest subject. |
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| Intervening phrases between the subject and the verb... |
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| Do not affect the verb's number. |
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| When the Predicate Noun is of different number than the subject... |
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| The verb still agrees with the number of the subject. |
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| In a sentence with inverted order (often beginning with there is or there are)... |
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| The verb agrees with the delayed subject. |
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| A collective noun takes a plural verb when... |
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| The sentence focuses on the individual members of the group. |
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| Some indefinite pronouns can be... |
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| Either singular or plural depending on how they are used in the sentence. |
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| Titles, quoted words or phrases, and amounts are viewed as... |
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| Single items even if they contain plural words. |
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| A relative pronoun uses... |
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| A pronoun that matches its antecedent. |
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