1. Subject Verb Agreement Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
GRAMMAR!!
Subject Verb Agreement
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

2. Rules Singular and Plural Number
When a word refers to one person of thing, it is singular in number
When a word refers to more than one, it is plural in number
eg: One of the players was not wearing his glove. = singular
eg2: Several of the players were not wearing their gloves. = Plural

3. Agreement of Subject and Verb
A verb agrees with its subject in number
Singular subjects take singular verbs
eg: Marcia attends college, but Laura goes to computer school
Plural subjects take plural verbs
eg: Marcia and Laura attend college but the other girls do not
Singular I and you take verbs that do not end in “s”
“Were” is normally plural except when used with singular you.

4. Selecting verbs that agree with their subjects
The number of subject is not changed by a phrase following the subject
eg: One of the women is crying
eg2: Both women from the senate were at the meeting
with, together with, in addition to, as well as, along with
Prepositional phrases beginning with expression above do not affect number of verb

5. Singular Nouns Each • Nobody Either • Anyone Neither • Anybody
One • Someone
Everyone • Somebody
Every body
No one

6. Plural nouns
Several
Both
Few
Many

7. • Pronouns below maybe either singular or plural depending on meaning of the sentence
Some
All
Any
Most
None

8. Do not confuse both~and = plural verb.
Compound Subject
Most compound subjects joined by and take a plural verb.
Singular subjects joined by or or nor take singular verb
eg: Niether~nor = take singular verb
eg2: either~or = take plural verb
Do not confuse both~and = plural verb.
The word either may be omitted, but the number of the subject is not change as long as the parts are joined by or
When singular and a plural subject are joined by or or nor the verb agrees with the nearer subject.

9. Collective nouns May be either singular or plural
Are nouns that names a group of person or objects
Verb agrees with its subjects, not with its predicate nominative (refers to the subject, usually after the verb)

10. Other problems in agreement
When the subject follows a verb, as In sentences beginning with there and here, be careful to anticipate the subject, and make sure with that verb agrees with it
Word stating amount are usually singular
The number of takes a singular verb and a number of takes a plural verb.
Every or many a before a word or a series of words is followed by singular verb
The title of a work or art, literature, or music even when plural in form takes singular verb.
Don’t and doesn’t must agree with their subject
A pronoun agrees with its antecedent in gender and number