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English Study Notes: SUBJECT- VERB AGREEMENT

SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT)

☞Rule-1 When a lot of, a great deal of, plenty of, most of and some of refer to plural numbers, a plural verb is used.
E.g. A lot of people were present in the party.
Some of the students were absent.
But, if these expressions refer to an amount, the verb is in the singular number.
E.g. A lot of work has to be completed before we go.
A great deal of work has been finished.
☞Rule-2 When the percentage or a part of something is mentioned with plural meaning the plural verb is used.
E.g. 30 % of Indian women are literate.
☞Rule-3 Barracks, Headquarters, Whereabouts, Alms, Species, Sheep, News, Deer, Premises, Shambles etc. remain same in singular as well as plural form.
E.g.-The company’s headquarters is based in New York.
They tried to disrupt communications between the two headquarters.
☞Rule-4 In sports, while referring to the players, the name of the country is followed by plural verb.
E.g. England have won the World Cup.
☞Rule-5 When the word ENEMY is used in the sense ‘Armed forces’ of a nation with which one’s country is at war, we have to use the plural verb.
E.g. The enemy were forced to Retreat.
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