Stephen suspected these were all subject-verb agreement errors. In the first, he figured, the singular Golden Dawn (a ship) should get the singular verb “was.” ...

The subject should match the verb, writes June Casagrande, as in “The cats can catch their tails.” But agreement isn’t always easy, she explains.

The subject-verb agreement is tricky in a sentence or dependent clause that begins with the words "there, that, which, who," or "what" because they are not real subjects to determine agreement. You ...

Subject-verb agreement means that your verb must be conjugated, or changed, to fit (or agree) with the subject. Learn how to make sure your verbs agree in number with their subject.

Learn to make sure the subject of a sentence matches the verb correctly.

Last week, we started discussing subject-verb agreement. We identified it as a major concept, the one that gives clauses good rhythm when properly established. We highlighted, among others, how ...

Inverted sentences have a subject-verb agreement peculiarityOn several occasions these past four years, I have pointed out that the pronoun “they” rather than “them” is the correct form of the subject ...

Today, we try to maximize our understanding of agreement between tricky subjects and verbs. This we do by revising the basic rules for making straight forward subjects and verbs agree in sentences.

Learn to make sure the subject of a sentence matches the verb correctly.

In sentences in the active voice, the subject occupies the initial position while it is at or towards the end of the clause in the passive. Consider the subjects in the following sentences, which ...