The rules of the agreement do not apply to has-haves when used as a second ancillary contract in a couple. The subject-verb compliance rules apply to all personnel pronouns except I and U which, although SINGULAR, require plural forms of verbs. Anyone who uses a plural bural with a collective must be precise – and consistent too. This should not be done recklessly. The following is the kind of flawed sentence we often see and hear today: a clause that starts with whom, that or what, and that comes between the subject and the verb, can create problems of correspondence. In the English language, verbs usually come by subject. But if this order is reversed, the author must match the verb to the subject, not to a subject that precedes it by chance. For example: this sentence uses a composite subject (two topics that are related by or by. Each part of the compound subject (Ranger, Camper) is unique.

Although the two words act together as a subject (connected by or by), the subject is still SINGULAR (Ranger or Camper), because a choice is implicit. In the first example, we express a wish, not a fact; This is why the were, which we usually consider a plural verblage, is used with the singular. (Technically, this is the singular subject of the game of objects in the subjunctive atmosphere: it was Friday.) Normally, his upbringing would seem terrible to us. However, in the second example of expressing a question, the conjunctive atmosphere is correct. Note: The subjunctive mind loses ground in spoken English, but should still be used in formal speech and writing. This video shows some of the irregular verbs you need (to be, to have, to do, and to say) most often: This sentence uses a composite subject (two subjects that are connected by and connected), which illustrates a new rule about subject-verb concordance…