Anyone who wants a day off in lieu of overtime must still fill out a leave form.Ģ3. Each of our staff members has to fill in an evaluation form.Ģ2. The following words need singular verbs: each, everyone, everybody, anyone, anybody, somebody, nobody, someone, none, and no-one. Other subjects that call for singular verbs Twenty minutes is all I have to prepare for the meeting. One hundred kilometres is a gruelling daily commute.Ģ0. Ninety-five cents is a great bargain for a SIM card.ġ9. Use a singular verb when you have a subject that conveys a single unit of distance, time, or money.ġ8. Plural subjects that call for singular verbs
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The creator and distributor of the software is Energesix Ltd. The second is when the subjects connected by ‘and’ are the same person or entity (see number 14).ġ7. The first (see number 13) is when a compound subject connected with ‘and’ is seen as a singular subject due to popular use. Elize and Raveshan are our new project managers. Tshepiso and Sbo are responsible for the exchange server.ġ5. When you have two subjects connected by ‘and’, use the plural form of the verb.ġ4. Either Mary or the stewards are manning the info desk at the conference. Sentence number 12 should rather be rewritten as:ġ3. Either the stewards (plural) or Mary (singular) is manning the info desk at the conference.ĭo you see how the verb agrees with the subject closest to it? However, the second sentence sounds awkward, so rather write sentences like this with the second subject being plural, and then make the verb plural. Neither Sibongile (singular) nor the personal assistants (plural) have the keys to the stationery cupboard.ġ2. What do you do when one of the subjects is plural and the other isn’t? Look at these examples:ġ1. Either Mary or Shandu is manning the info desk at the conference.Įven though you’re discussing two people, only one of them (singular) is taking action, so the verb is singular. Neither Sibongile nor Ted has the keys to the stationery cupboard.ġ0.
If you have two singular subjects that are connected by either/or, or neither/nor, use the singular verb. Two subjects connected by either/or, or neither/nor ‘Sentiment’ is singular, and the singular verb ‘is’ agrees with it.
The sentiment in our offices are that our bonuses were measly this year. The sentiment in our offices is that our bonuses were measly this year.Ĩ. ‘Case’ is singular, so use the singular verb ‘is’.ħ. The case of champagne bottles is for the year-end party. The case of champagne bottles are for the year-end party.Ħ. The phrase ‘between the lines’ is a prepositional phrase (starting with a preposition), which is why it’s not the subject of the sentence.ĥ. So, because the subject, ‘message’, is singular, we use the singular verb ‘is’. The subject of the sentence is not ‘lines’. The temptation here is to look at the word in front of the verb (the plural ‘lines’) and choose the verb that agrees with it (the plural ‘are’). The message between the lines are that we need to finish before Monday. The message between the lines is that we need to finish before Monday.Ĥ. It’s easy, yes? Let’s gear up and try something more difficult.Ī phrase in between the subject and the verbģ. Number 2 is correct, because the subject, ‘pages’, and the verb, ‘are’, are both plural. The pages (subject) are (verb) held together by a staple. The pages (subject) is (verb) held together by a staple.Ģ. If the subject of a sentence is plural, the verb must be plural. Simply, if the subject of the sentence is singular, the verb must be singular. Subject-verb concord is when the subject of a sentence and the verb of a sentence agree.
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