1. Don’t, Doesn’t & Collective Nouns
-our last day with subject-verb agreement for a little bit-

2. Don’t & Doesn’t
The contractions don’t and doesn’t should agree with their subjects.
Use don’t with all plural subjects and I and you.
Examples: I don’t know.
You don’t say!
We don’t want to.
They don’t give up
Don’t these shrink?
Apathetic people don’t care.

3. Don’t & Doesn’t
Use doesn’t with all singular subjects, except you and I.
Examples: He doesn’t know.
She doesn’t say.
It doesn’t want to work.
One doesn’t simply walk in Mordor.
This doesn’t make me look fat right?
Doesn’t Antonio care about me anymore?

4. Collective Nouns A collective noun names a group of persons or things.
Examples: army group
class herd
assembly jury
audience flock
club team
family public

5. Collective Nouns
Use a plural verb with a collective noun when the noun refers to the individual parts or members of the group.
Use a singular verb when the noun refers to the group as a single unit.
Example: Five dollars is too much.
Five dollars were scattered on the desk.

6. English is a Jerk There are some nouns that end in S.
Sometimes they are considered singular, like:
Politics, news, measels
These words get singular verbs like is, was, has, runs
Politics is….The news was….Measels is….
Sometimes they are considered plural, like:
Scissors, pants, the Olympics
These words get plural verbs like are, were, have, run
The scissors are….my pants were….the Olympics have….

7. Titles of Things
The title of a creative work (like a book, song, movie, etc.), the name of an organization, or the name of a country or city generally takes a singular verb – even if the title is plural.
Examples:
The Souls of Black Folk is often cited as a classic of African American literature.
“Greensleeves” is an old English folk song.
The United Nations was founded in 1945.
White Plains, Nebraska is home to several colleges.