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subject-verb agreement

Matching a verb's form to its true subject in number, ignoring any words in between.

Subject-verb agreement requires a verb to agree in number with its true subject — singular with singular, plural with plural — regardless of any phrase that comes between the subject and the verb.

Examples

  • The box of old books is heavy (agrees with box, not books).

See also

subject collective noun indefinite pronoun
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