Subject-verb agreement means that your verb must be conjugated, or changed, to fit (or agree) with the subject. Subjects can be singular or plural. Think of singular and plural as mathematical ...

Singular pronouns and nouns must be paired with singular verbs. By Gary Gilson. For the Minnesota Star Tribune. April 13, 2024 at 12:00PM.

And since verbs are supposed to agree in number with their subjects — one cat is, two cats are — the roughly 200 collective nouns in our language cause a lot of confusion. Compare: The family ...

A singular verb suggests unity, thinking of the collection “as a unit,” as Garner’s Modern English Usage explains. For example: “The pair of shoes is getting old.” ...

For most verbs, agreement errors usually crop up because the writer got bogged down and forgot whether the true subject of the verb is singular or plural. “The buffet, overflowing with fruits ...

What is happening to the English language? I learned the difference between singular and plural nouns while in elementary school. That was reinforced during middle school, high school and college.