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Subject-Verb Agreement With Intervening Prepositional Phrases
Posted by Editormum on Monday, 11 April 2005 in Grammar Problems, Puzzlers, Reader Questions, Usage and Diction | ∞
A fancy title for a simple concept. Another blogger asked the Grammar Guru, “Will you please teach people about proper subject-verb agreement — especially in cases where the subject may seem to be plural, but really isn’t . . . as in a flock of seagulls? I am getting quite sick of seeing things such […]
Subject — Verb Agreement
Posted by Editormum on Thursday, 23 October 2003 in Grammar Problems | ∞
It’s important, even in a casual writing forum like a blog. And as I have seen not one or two, but literally dozens of violations of this basic grammar rule on the blogging site that I frequent, I’m going to give you the lowdown on SVA. Nouns are either singular or plural. (Or collective…I’ll get […]