Subject - Verb Agreement | Putri Chelline Syari

Subject verb agreement refers to a situation in a sentence whereby the subject and verb are either both in singular or both in plural. It would not be appropriate to have a singular subject with a plural verb or vice versa. It is important to observe this so as to avoid errors in sentences.

The correspondence of a verb with its subject in person (first, second, or third) and number (singular or plural).

The principle of subject-verb agreement applies to finite verbs in the present tense and, in a limited way, to the past forms of the verb to be (was and were).

Each	Singular	Singiular
Every	noun	verb

Ex :

· Aech book in library is very interesting

S V C

· Every girls and boys are in the class

Singular

Subjek yang diikuti prepositional phrase, verb singular/plural ditentukan oleh subjeknya.

1. Singular Subject and Plural Subject.

Subject pronoun singular subject is he, she, and it, or nouns that can be replaced with he, she, or it; While that is a singular verbs are verb1 + es / s, is / was, and verb phrases such as: is / was + verb-ing/verb3, has + verb3, has been verb-ing and has been verb3. The definition of the subject is plural subject pronouns such as I, we, you, they, and all plural nouns.

2. Either, Neither.

When the sentence either / Neither followed by or / nor, the verb used can be singular or plural verb depending on the noun that follows or / nor (singular / plural noun).

Either/neither + noun + or/nor + nounsingular + verbsingular

Either/neither + noun + or/nor + nounplural + verbplural

Ex :

· Either Rob or his friend is going to school today.

· Neither Rick nor his brother likes sport.

3. None/no

None and no verb can be followed by a plural or singular, depending on the noun that follows none.

None + of the + noncount noun + verbsingular