Subject-Verb+Agreement+notes

Subject-Verb grammar notes – Hacker section 21
 * Make the verb agree with its subject, not with a word that comes between.
 * Ex.: The //samples// on the tray in the lab //need// testing.
 * Treat most subjects joined with //and// as plural.
 * Ex.: Leon and Jan often jog together.
 * Exceptions: When the two things form a single unit, treat it as singular.
 * Ex.: Fish and chips was added to the menu.
 * With subjects joined with //or// or //nor// (or with //either . . . or// or //neither . . . nor//), make the verb agree with the part of the subject nearer to the verb.
 * Ex.: A driver’s license or credit card is required.
 * A driver’s license or two credit cards are required.
 * Two credit cards or a driver’s license is required.
 * Treat most indefinite pronouns as singular (anybody, no one, each, something, etc.).
 * Everyone on the sports team supports the coach.
 * Treat collective nouns as singular unless the meaning is clearly plural.
 * Ex.: The class loves to read.
 * The class are debating among themselves.
 * Make the verb agree with its subject even when the subject follows the verb.
 * There were a social worker and a neighbor at the meeting.
 * Make the verb agree with its subject, not with a subject complement.
 * A major force in today’s economy is children.
 * Look at 21e on p. 201 about luggage and rocks and eggs.
 * Look at the bottom of page 202.
 * 21i, 21j, 21k