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WRITING MUST BE CONSISTENT SUBJECT MUST AGREE WITH THE VERB PRONOUNS MUST AGREE WITH THE NOUNS THEY REPLACE ALL ELEMENTS OF A LIST MUST BE THE SAME
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SIMPLE RULE: SINGULAR SUBJECTS GET SINGULAR VERBS; PLURAL SUBJECTS GET PLURAL VERBS THE SAT WILL WRITE SENTENCES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO TRICK YOU.
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SENTENCES MAY CONTAIN AN INTERVENING CLAUSE AN INTERVENING CLAUSE IS A GROUP OF WORDS THAT COMES BETWEEN THE SUBJECT AND THE VERB OF THE SENTENCE. THIS CLAUSE IS NOT RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT.
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EXAMPLES: THE CAT, BUT NOT THE DOGS, IS DRIVING ME UP THE WALL. PERRY AND ALEC, EACH NEW TO HIS JOB, WERE NERVOUS ABOUT GIVING THE PRESENTATION.
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SENTENCES MAY USE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES AS SUBJECTS. PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL SUBJECT PREP OBJECT IN MOST CASES VERBS AND PRONOUNS SHOULD AGREE WITH THE SUBJECT OF THE PREPOSTION.
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THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE DEFENDANT WERE TROUBLED BY THE RULING THE NUMBER OF SENIOR CITIZENS IS GROWING EVERY YEAR.
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THE ONE EXCEPTION IS WHEN THE PREPOSITION REFERS TO PART OF SOMETHING. HALF, MOST, SOME, ALL, PERCENT, ETC. VERBS AND PRONOUNS MUST AGREE WITH THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION
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EXAMPLES: DUE TO THE COLD ONLY HALF OF THE FOOD STANDS ARE OPEN ON THE BOARDWALK. MOST OF THE CAR IS TOTALED, BUT THE STEERING WHEEL LOOKS NICE.
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ELEMENTS OF A LIST SHOULD LOOK AND SOUND SIMILAR. THEY SHOULD BE THE SAME PART OF SPEECH, VERBS SHOULD BE IN THE SAME TENSE, AND CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE SIMILAR.
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EXAMPLES: MARILYN LIKED TO STAY ACTIVE BY JOGGING, SWIMMING, AND HIKING. WHEN THE COWBOYS LOST THEIR FANS CRIED, CURSED, AND BURNED THEIR JERSEYS. HIKING IS A FUN ACTIVITY IN THE SPRING, IN THE SUMMER, AND IN THE FALL.
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