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Subject/Verb and pronoun/ antecedent agreement RULES

Subject/Verb and pronoun/ antecedent agreement RULES. Write each rule down in your own words!. Subject and verb agreement Rule #1. Match singular subjects with singular verbs. Match plural subjects with plural verbs. RULE #2.

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Subject/Verb and pronoun/ antecedent agreement RULES

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  1. Subject/Verb and pronoun/antecedent agreementRULES Write each rule down in your own words!

  2. Subject and verb agreementRule #1 • Match singular subjects with singular verbs. • Match plural subjects with plural verbs.

  3. RULE #2 • Two singular subjects connected by (or) or (nor) or (either/or) or (neither/nor) require a singular verb. • If (I) is one of the two subjects, put it second and follow it by (am).

  4. Rule #3 • When a singular subject is connected by (or) or (nor) or (either/or) or (neither/nor) to a plural subject, put the plural subject last and use a plural verb.

  5. Rule #4 • Ignore expressions. • Ex: The politician, along with the newsman, is expected to arrive shortly.

  6. Rule #5 • Use a plural verb with two or more subjects when they are connected by (and).

  7. Rule #6 • The following pronouns: each, everyone, every one, everybody, anyone, anybody, someone, and somebody are singular and require singular verbs. Ignore the “of phrase.”

  8. Rule #7 • With words that indicate portion—percent, fraction, part, majority, some, all, none, remainder, etc. look at the noun in the “of phrase.”

  9. Rule #8 • (Either) or (neither) as subjects require singular verbs. Ignore the “of phrase.”

  10. Rule #9 • Use a singular verb with sums of money or periods of time.

  11. Pronoun/antecedent agreementRule #1 • Use subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we and they) as the subjects of the sentence and to rename the subjects.

  12. Rule #2 • Use object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, and them) everywhere else (direct objects, indirect objects, and object ofpreposition).

  13. Rule #3 • Decide whether to use the subject or object pronoun after the words (than) or (is) by mentally completing the sentence.

  14. Rule #4 • Reflexive pronouns (myself, himself, herself, itself, themselves, ourselves, yourself, yourselves) should only be used when they refer back to another word in the sentence.

  15. RULE #5 • Possessive pronouns never have an apostrophe.

  16. Rule #6 • The pronoun (who), (that), or (which) is singular or plural according to the noun directly in front of it. • Ex: Salma is the scientist who writes/write the reports. • Answer: Salma is the scientist who writes the reports.

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