A Word, Please: Agreeing on subject/verb agreement . By June Casagrande . May 3, 2013 5:45 PM PT . Facebook; Twitter; Show more sharing options; Share Close extra sharing options. Facebook; Twitter; ...

In the first sentence (The boy have gone’, ‘has’ should go with ‘boy’ because a singular subject attracts a singular verb. In the second, ‘Philips’ is still a singular noun despite ...

None of us doubts that “Mayor Carlson is here” takes a different verb form than “Mayor Carlson and his deputies are here.” The “and,” a coordinating conjunction, coordinates the ...

Last week, we started discussing subject-verb agreement. We identified it as a major concept, the one that gives clauses good rhythm when properly established.