Subject-Verb Agreement

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This is another name for group nouns.

Collective Nouns

In the sentence, 'Sixty-five percent of the tulips in this field are white', the subject-verb agreement is:

Correct because the plural verb 'are' agrees with the plural noun 'tulips.'

Which sentence uses an indefinite pronoun correctly?

Everybody is going to the parade

These pronouns must ALWAYS be paired with a plural verb.

Few, many, both, others, and several.

This sentence has an INCORRECT subject-verb agreement.

Many of the people attending the trial seems upset.

Which sentence has a "stealth" noun?

Politics is usually boring.

This sentence has a CORRECT subject-verb agreement.

The debate team from Des Moines is going to state nationals.

This sentence is CORRECT because the group noun can be either singular or plural.

The gang are going their separate ways.


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