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37 Cards in this Set
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What are the 3 steps to determining if the subject and verb agree in a sentence?
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1. Identify the subject.
2. Eliminate the middle man. 3. Pick the verb that agrees with the subject. |
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True or false "Of" is not the middle man and hence does not need to be eliminated.
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False.
"Of" is another middle man and must be eliminated to identify the correct verb. |
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What is the rule for subjects seperated by "and"?
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"And" is additive hence they take the plural verb.
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What is the rule if "either/or" or "neither/nor" appears in the sentence by itself without a compound subject?
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The verb takes the singular form.
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What is the rule if "either/or" or "neither/nor" appears in the sentence with a compound subject?
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If neither/nor, either/or appear in the same sentence as a compound subject then find the subject NEAREST to be verb and make sure verb agrees in number with the subject.
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True or false collective nouns are treated as singular.
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True.
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"anyone" singular or plural?
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singular
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"anything" singular or plural?
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singular
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"each" singular or plural?
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singular
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"everything" singular or plural?
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singular
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"no one" singular or plural?
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singular
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"someone" singular or plural?
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singular
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"something" singular or plural?
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singular
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"whatever" singular or plural?
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singular
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"whoever" singular or plural?
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singular
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"both" singular or plural?
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plural
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"many" singular or plural?
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plural
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"several" singular or plural?
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plural
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"other" singular or plural
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plural
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"few" singular or plural
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plural
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What does SANAM stand for?
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SOME
ANY NONE ALL MOST These are indefinite pronouns that can be either singular or plural depending on the sentence. To determine if it should take a singular or plural verb look at the object of the "OF" construction. |
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Each singular or plural
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singular
e.g. Every dog and cat has paws. The exception is when each follows a subject then it has no bearing. |
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Every singular or plural
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singular
e.g Each of these t-shirts is pretty. The exception is when every follows a subject then it has no bearing. e.g. They each are great tennis players. |
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"The number of" singular or plural?
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singular
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"A number of" singular or plural
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plural
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What is the rule of determing if a numerical word or phrase should take a singular or plural verb?
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If the sentence is referring to a single part of the total then they take the plural verb but if they are referring to the whole they take the singular verb.
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Does a subject phrase take a singular or plural verb?
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singular
e.g Having good friends is a wonderful thing. Whatever they want to do is fine with me. |
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If you're unsure if they verb should be singular or plural what should you pick?
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A singular verb.
Most verb take singular form. |
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majority singular or plural?
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It depends.
If the sentence is referring to a single part of the total then they take the plural verb but if they are referring to the whole they take the singular verb. |
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minority singular or plural?
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It depends.
If the sentence is referring to a single part of the total then they take the plural verb but if they are referring to the whole they take the singular verb. |
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What is the "flip it" rule?
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Usually it goes subject-verb but in some sentence it can go verb-subject in these sentence's flip the verb and the subject to identify if the verb takes a singular or plural form.
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"has" singular or plural?
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singular
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"have" singular or plural?
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plural
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"was" singular or plural?
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singular
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"were" singular or plural?
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plural
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What does BOSMF stand for?
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It's an acronym for:
BOTH OTHER SEVERAL MANY FEW Which are indefinite pronouns that take plural verbs. |
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True of false plural verbs always end in "s"?
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False.
The present tense ending is -s is used on a verb if its subject is third person singular; otherwise the verb takes no ending. |
