Subject-Verb Agreement Rules for English Grammar
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When should singular verbs be used with uncountable nouns following an indefinite pronoun?

  • Sometimes
  • Always (correct)
  • Depends on the context
  • Never

    • In which scenario should plural verbs be used with countable nouns following an indefinite pronoun?

  • Depends on the noun
  • Always (correct)
  • Sometimes
  • Never

    • When should singular verbs be used in the construction of 'the number of...'?

  • Never
  • Only for odd numbers
  • Always (correct)
  • Depends on the noun following 'the number of...'

    • Which verb form is generally correct for subjects that are plural in form but singular in meaning?

    <p>Singular verbs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How should collective nouns generally be treated when it comes to verb agreement?

    <p>Singular form</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What verb form should be used with titles of books, movies, and novels?

    <p>Singular verbs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which punctuation is used for inner quotes within another quote?

    <p>Single quotation marks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When should a new paragraph begin according to the text?

    <p>When changing the speaker of quotations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How should titles of short stories or poems be formatted?

    <p>Inside quotation marks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which subjects take a verb that agrees with the last subject?

    <p>Subjects joined by 'or'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What affects the subject-verb agreement according to the text?

    <p>Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When are singular verbs typically used?

    <p>With distances and sums of money</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When joining two independent sentences that do not have a conjunction, which punctuation mark should be used for clarification?

    <p>Semicolon</p> Signup and view all the answers

    For a list or series of three or more items, how should they be joined?

    <p>With commas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In English-speaking countries, what is the traditional format for writing dates?

    <p>Day of the week, month day, year</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When writing geographical names with two or more parts, what punctuation should be used?

    <p>Comma</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How should numbers be formatted to set off in increments of three?

    <p>With commas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list when the items themselves contain commas?

    <p>Semicolon</p> Signup and view all the answers

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