Concord

Concord is an agreement form between
subject and verb or auxiliary in a sentence. If the subject of the sentence is in singular form, the verb or auxiliary must be in singular form too. If the subject of the sentence is in plural form, the verb or auxiliary must be in plural form too.
The The I I
elevator works very well

singular singular
students are in the classroom now.

plural plural
have a
singular
brother.
singular plural plural
have bought many kinds of books.
Very often, if the subject and verb are separated, they will be separated by a prepositional phrase. The prepositional phrase has no effect on the verb. To determine the main subject in a long phrase, see the word before preposition. The study of languages is very interesting.
Singular subject singular verb
Several theories on this subject have been proposed.

Plural subject plural verb
Together with, along with and accompanied by have no effect on the verb.
The teacher, along with her students, is viewing the
singular subject
Examples :
film. Mr. Robbins, accompanied by his wife and children,

singular subject
singular verb
is arriving tonight.
singular verb
Subject that states distance, volume, weight, money, percentage and time are always considered singular. So it must use singular predicate. Examples : 12 months has 365 days. 75% of Indonesian populations lives in Java. 70 kilograms was my weight when I was young.
Some words are often confused by students as being plural. The following words must be followed by singular verbs and pronouns.
Any + singular noun No + singular noun Some + singular noun Every + singular noun
Anybody Anyone Anything
Nobody No one Nothing
Somebody Someone Something
Everybody Everyone Everything
Examples : Something was under the house. No problem is harder to solve than this one. Nobody works harder than John does. Everyone likes her.
None/No can take either singular or plural verb, depending on the noun which follows it.
FORMS
EXAMPLES None of the counterfit money has been found. None of the students have finished the exam yet. No example is relevant to this case. No examples are relevant to this case.
None + of the + non-count noun + singular verb None + of the + plural count noun + plural verb No + non-count noun / singular noun + singular verb No + plural noun + plural verb
When either and neither are followed by or and nor, the verb may be singular or plural, depending on the whether the noun following or and nor is singular or plural.
Either Neither + noun nor or Singular noun + singular verb
Either Hetty or Susi

singular subject
is going to the supermarket today.

singular verb
Neither Hetty nor Susi

singular subject
is going to the supermarket today.

singular verb
Either Neither

+ noun
or nor
Plural noun + Plural verb
Either Jennifer or her friends are going to the party tonight.

Plural subject plural verb plural verb
Neither Jennifer nor her friends are going to the party tonight.
Plural subject
If the subject begin with gerund, the verb must be singular.
Examples : Knowing her has made him what he is. Meeting him makes me happy. Dieting is very popular today. Swimming makes us healthy.
A number of + plural noun + plural verb

A number of contestants have arrived here. A number of guests are talking each other. The number of + plural noun + singular verb
The number of months in a year is twelve. The number of the voters who are going to vote seems confused.
tongs
pliers
shorts
jeans scissors
glasses
tweezers
pants
trousers
The words above are considered plural. They can be singular if we put a pair of in front of those words. Examples : The pants are of 100% cotton. A pair of scissors is stainless. These jeans are old. A pair of pants is in the drawer. The pliers were on the table.
Subject matter is always in Singular form
Examples :

Mathematics makes students confused. Economics is one of the subjects I will take
this semester.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6.
7. 8. 9. 10.
Statistics (be) a difficult course for people to understand. Not even one of the hundred students who took the test (have) passed. It is fortunate that the wishes of the community (be past) heeded before the new highway was built. The number of women who smoke (have) increased. Statistics shows that approximately 40% of all marriage in Indonesia (end) in divorce. A study of the difference between synthetic and natural vitamin (be) needed. My daughters instructor (seem) very competent. What you eat and how much you exercise (be) important factors in a weight loss program. Farmers in the midwestern section of the United States raise cattle and (grow) a variety of crops. People (be) worried about the high rate of unemployment.

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Concord is an agreement form between

elevator works very well

students are in the classroom now.

have bought many kinds of books.

Several theories on this subject have been proposed.

film. Mr. Robbins, accompanied by his wife and children,

Anybody Anyone Anything

Nobody No one Nothing

Somebody Someone Something

Everybody Everyone Everything

Either Hetty or Susi

is going to the supermarket today.

Neither Hetty nor Susi

is going to the supermarket today.

Plural noun + Plural verb

Either Jennifer or her friends are going to the party tonight.

If the subject begin with gerund, the verb must be singular.

A number of + plural noun + plural verb

Subject matter is always in Singular form

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