Zusammenfassung der Ressource
SVA
- The verb must agree whith his
subject, not with its
complement. Ex A problem is
taxes.
- Indefinite pronouns such as
each, either, one, everyone,
everybody and everything are
singular. Ex Somebody in El
Salvador loves me.
- Subject proceded by
every,each and many
are singular. Ex Every
man,woman , and child
was given a life
preserver.
- A collective nouns, such as
audience, faculty, or jury, requires a
singular verb when the group is
regarded as a whole and a plural
verb when the members of the
group are regarded as individuals.Ex
The jury has made its decision.
- Indefinite pronouns such as
all, some, most and none
maybe singular or plural
depending on their
referents.Ex Some of the food
is cold.
- Prepositional phrases beginning with the
compound prepositions such as along with
,together with ,in addition to ,and as well as
should be ignored , for they do not affect sva. Ex
Gladys knight ,as well as pips ,is riding the
midnight train to Georgia.
- Titles of books, companies , name
brands , and groups are singular or
plural depending on their meaning.
Ex. Trix are for kids.
- Nouns expressing time, distance,
weight and measurement are
singular when they refer to a unit
and pluarl when they refer to
separate items. Ex Fifty yards is a
short distance. Ex 2 Kilometers are
a part of the metric system.
- Both, several, few and many
are a few plural indefinete
pronouns and will always
require a plural verb. Ex
Several of us have already
bought our tickets