Subject Verb Agreement Part 1
Subject Verb Agreement Subject-verb agreement plays a pivotal role in crafting well-structured and grammatically accurate English, serving as the cornerstone of effective communication. It is actually the foundation stone on which accurate English is constructed. If you are unaware of this basic grammatic principle, you are liable to commit unpardonable grammatical mistakes leading to a very poor English in writing and speaking. A student must be made aware of this principle from the primary level of learning English. This principle is also known as the Rule of Concord. According to this rule a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb. You can understand this principle from the example given below:- Read the following sentence carefully:- He is writing an essay. ( In this sentence, you can see that 'He' is singular and 'He' takes a singular verb that is 'is' but suppose your teacher asks you to replace 'He' with ...