<p>Hey guys! </p>
<p>Anyways, as I begin to work on my writing and grammar conventions this summer, I've decided that I will post a variety of tips that I come across so that others can refer to this as well!</p>
<p>Subject Verb Agreement
1. Singular subjects take singular verbs. Plural subjects take plural verbs. Ignore distrations.
2. 2+ subjects joined by AND, take plural verbs. Exceptions are subjects preceded by EACH or EVERY, and multiple subjects that form a single unit.
3. In inverted sentences, verb must agree with subjects or subject that follows. (Sometimes, it won't work when a subject is connected with multiple nouns. OR when the noun before verb, IS NOT THE SUBJECT.
4. Use THERE IS, when subject is singular. THERE ARE when subject is plural.
5. Collective nouns, that are a single unit take singular verbs.
6. Phrases such as together with, as well as, and along with are not the same as and. The phrase introduced by as well as or along with will modify the earlier word (mayor in this case), but it does not compound the subjects (as the word and would do).
7. If your sentence compounds a positive and a negative subject and one is plural, the other singular, the verb should agree with the positive subject.
8. When OR or NOR is used, the verb must agree with subject that is closer to the verb.
9. However when NEITHER or EITHER is used alone, without NOR or OR, it takes a singular verb and singular pronoun.
10. Indefinite pronouns, such as EVERYBODY, ANYONE, SOMEONE, and NOTHING are singular.
11. THE NUMBER OF and THE PERCENTAGE OF always take singular verbs. However, A NUMBER OF takes a plural verb.
12. All, some, and most may be either singular or plural, depending on what follows them.
13. None, can be either singular or plural, it depends on how it is intended to be used. In singular form, think "NOT ANY".
14. Data, criteria, and media are plural and take plural verbs.
15. Who, which and that are singular or plural, depending on what they refer to.
16. ONE OF THOSE WHO - Plural verb , THE ONLY ONE OF THOSE WHO - Singular verb
17. Titles of plays, books and movies take singular verbs.</p>
<p>More to come! I'm now going to begin my review on pronouns!</p>