SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT GRAMMAR COURSE – I WEEK 10 GENERAL RULE: 1. Singular subject + sing. Verb - He is a student. 2. Plural S + Pl. V. - They are students. IRREGULAR CASES 1. a) each + Sing. N. Sing. V. (I.1) every b) each of + Pl. N/ Pron. Sing. V. (I.4) every of IRREGULAR CASES 2. a) neither + Sing. N. Sing. V. either (I.2-3) b) neither of Sing.* either of + Pl. N/ Pron. V. none of Pl. (I.4-6) IRREGULAR CASES 2. c) neither S 1 nor S 2 either S 1 or S 2 V. depends on S 2 (I.8-10) S 1 nor S 2 S 1 or S 2 IRREGULAR CASES 3. a) anyone, anybody, someone, somebody, Sing. V. no one, nobody everyone, everybody But: Pl. Pron./ Possessive Pl. V. (II.1-2) b) “more than one” + Sing. N. Sing. V. (III.7) IRREGULAR CASES 4. Words referring to groups of people/ (Collective Nouns) family class union club government orchestra team school choir staff committee the BBC Jury firm The Bank of England The British Public Liverpool (team) The Ministry of Defence The Labour Party Pl. (B. E.) V. Sing. (as impersonal unit) (Am. E.*) IRREGULAR CASES 5. Words not ending in –S but taking Pl. V. Cattle, people, police, youth, children, women, men, teeth, feet, geese, mice, lice, … . (II.7) 6. Words looking Pl. but used with Sing. V. physics, mathematics, economics, politics, linguistics, statistics, measles, mumps, news, draughts, the UN, the US, the Philippines, …. . (III.1-3) IRREGULAR CASES 7. a) Expressions of quantities, amounts + Sing. V. (IV. 4-6) b) Percentage: + Sing. V. - 1.5% of the human body is hair. + Pl. V. - 55% American families break. IRREGULAR CASES 8. a) S 1 and S 2 + Pl. V. (IV.5) both S 1 and S 2 b) War and Peace is a masterpiece. (IV.8) 9. S 1 with S 2 S 1 together with S 2 + V. depends on S 1 (IV.9-10) S 1 as well as S 2 . SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT GRAMMAR COURSE – I WEEK 10 GENERAL RULE: 1. Singular subject + sing. Verb - He is a student. 2.