Subject

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Subject verb agreement
SUBJECT
VERB
Why cant we all just get along? - Rodney
King.
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Subject-verb agreement
Subject is the noun the person, place, or thing
performing the verb
Verb is the action it is what the subject is
doing . (If the verb is a linking verb, the
subject is the person or thing being discussed.)

• The SUBJECT and VERB must agree in number.
• Plural SUBJECTS need a PLURAL verb.
• Singular SUBJECTS need a SINGULAR verb.

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Subject-verb agreement

• SINGULAR verbs end in an s
• Mark walks, Susan drives, John is, Sally does
• PLURAL verbs dont
• Mark and Susan walk John and Sally are
• You and I must have PLURAL verbs
• You are smart I am happy

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Make the necessary corrections.

• Everyone is taking their entrance examination.
• Nobody in the group have the answer to question
  five.
• Bob and Sue are going to the store.
• One of the glasses were broken.
• Each of the animals are in a cage.
• Neither the boy nor his sister were at home.
• Everyone are invited to the dance this weekend

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SINGULAR
PLURAL
PLURAL OR SINGULAR
MOST
SOME
NOTHING
NONE
YOU
EITHER
EVERYBODY
I
SEVERAL
ALL
EITHER
FEW
ANY
NEITHERNOR
SOMEONE
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YES (it is correct) !! NO (it is incorrect)
!! The crowd of students are loud. The group
, in the next room, are also loud. That group is
the loudest of all ! The committee meet every
Wednesday to discuss important issues. Is
everyone happy with their seat? The instructors
or Melanie are unhappy with the
result. Everyone, except for the instructors,
love to work on grammar rules.
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Parallel Structure
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Parallel Structure

• All related words or phrases within a sentence
  should be in similar form. When a series of
  verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs or phrases is
  joined with a linking word, put all the items in
  parallel form

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Now you can try some!
Click on the part of the sentence that needs to
be changed

• The car is sleek, sturdy, and has a lot of room.
• _______________________________
• The Bill of Rights guarantees our freedom of
  speech, our right to assemble peacefully and we
  have the right to bear arms.
• ________________________________

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Dangling Misplaced Modifiers


Standing nervously on the platform, a barrage of
tomatoes suddenly pelted the Chairman.

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Dangling Modifiers

• A modifying phrase just seems to be hanging
  there it doesnt modify any word in the sentence
• Hurrying past the window, nothing could be seen
  inside.
• Who or what was hurrying past the window? No
  one? Nothing?
• The introductory phrase hurrying past the
  window doesnt seem to modify ANYTHING
• You can easily correct a dangling modifier by
  rewriting the sentence to include a word that can
  be modified
• Rewritten Hurrying past the window, I could see
  nothing inside.
• Try this one
• Sliding downhill on the toboggan, his wrist was
  broken.
• Click on the modifying PHRASE.
• What needs to be changed? See if you are
  correct.
• Rewrite this sentence so that it makes sense !!

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Misplaced Modifiers

• Writers will use descriptive words or phrases to
  help the reader understand an idea or visualize a
  scene more easily.
• However, if the modifier (the descriptive word)
  is placed in the wrong section, it can lead to
  confusion
• Example
• A boy saw a cat riding a blue bicycle.
• What? Was the cat riding the bicycle??
• You need to put the phrase riding the bicycle
  next to the word it modifies the boy
• Rewritten A boy, riding a blue bicycle, saw a
  cat.
• Avoid confusion by placing the modifier as
  closely as possible to the word being modified

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Try these Misplaced Modifiers

• The children showed off for Grandma jumping on
  the trampoline.
• Who was jumping on the trampoline?
• Which sentence is rewritten correctly?

children
Grandma
Grandma, jumping on the trampoline, showed off
for the children.
The children, jumping on the trampoline, showed
off for Grandma.
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Yes, youve got it!!
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No, youll have to try something else