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Subject is the doer of the action or the word which is talking about in the sentence.
Verb is an action or a state of being word in the sentence.
e.g. The teacher leaves the room early.
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Science is a systematized body of knowledge.
S V
RULES:
1. A singular subject takes a singular verb, and a plural subject takes a plural
verb, and a plural subject takes a plural verb.
2. Intervening words like as well as, together with, with, including, plus, in
addition to, accompanied by, do not affect the number of the subject.
e.g. Either Franz or his classmates want to have a good job in the future.
Neither the students nor the teacher agrees with the new school policy.
5. If the subject consists of two nouns, and each of these is preceded by article
the, the verb must be plural. But if the second noun is not preceded by the,
the verb must be singular.
e.g. The owner and the manager of the restaurant are foreigners.
The owner and manager of the restaurant is a foreigner.
6. A collective noun requires a singular verb when the group is regarded as one
unit, but when the individuals in the group act separately, a plural verb is
required.
7. The verb agrees with its subject, not with a predicate noun.
e.g. Her main problem is her friends.
Her friends are her main problem.
8. The verb agrees with the subject not with the object of the preposition.
10. The verb agrees with the antecedent of the relative pronoun.
11. The expression of the number of takes the singular verb, and a number of
takes plural verb.
12. Many takes plural verb, and many a takes singular verb.
13. A singular verb is used when the subject denotes quantity, fraction,
percentage, currency, and length of time, but if they are followed by the
phrase of the, the object of the phrase determines the number of the verb.
14. A singular verb is used when the subject is a title of a book, play, story or
musical composition.
e.g. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a good Disney movie.
The Last of the Mohicans was written by James F. Cooper.
Seeds is a novel by Sherwood Anderson.
15. A singular verb is used for nouns plural in form but singular in meaning like
Physics, Economics, Mathematics, News, Politics, Mechanics, Ethics,
Mumps and Measles.
16. A plural verb is used for nouns in pairs, like scissors, pants, tweezers,
slippers, shoes, tongs, pliers and pincers, but if the expression a pair of is
used, the verb is singular.
17. A singular verb is used for singular indefinite pronouns each, every, either,
neither, one, everyone, everybody, everything, anyone, anybody,
anything, someone, somebody, something, no one, nobody and nothing.
18. A plural verb is used for plural indefinite pronoun, both, few, many, and
several.
19. A verb is singular or plural depending on the object of the phrase after the
indefinite pronouns, all, any, most, none and some.
20. A verb is singular or plural depending on the number of the subject after
expletive here and there, but after expletive it, singular verb is always used.