GRAMMAR REVIEW

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GRAMMAR REVIEW

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DIRECTIONSChoose the sentence in which the verb
agrees with its subject.

• A
• The commanding officer, as well as all the
  troops, was honored for courage under fire.
• B
• The commanding officer, as well as all the
  troops, were honored for courage under fire.

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ANSWER

• A
• The commanding officer, as well as all the
  troops, was honored for courage under fire.

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• Phrases such as together with, as well as, and
  along with are not the same as and. The phrase
  introduced by as well as or along with will
  modify the earlier word (mayor in this case), but
  it does not compound the subjects (as the word
  and would do).
• The mayor as well as his brothers is going to
  prison.
• The mayor and his brothers are going to jail.

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PART SUBJECT
GOALS SUBJECT
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Collective nouns

• Collective nouns such as committee and jury can
  be treated as singular or plural, depending on
  whether they refer to a single unit or multiple
  individuals. Most indefinite pronouns such as
  each, either, neither or one are always singular
  and take a singular verb.
• The indefinite pronouns both, few, many, others
  and several are always plural and take plural
  verb forms.
• Several indefinite pronouns (all, any, enough,
  more, most, none, some) can be singular or plural
  depending on the context in which they are used.
  The relative pronouns who, which or that take
  verbs that agree with the word the pronoun refers
  to.

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Choose the sentence in which the pronoun agrees
with its antecedent.

• A Some of the drivers on the road insist that
  their cars have standard transmissions.B Some
  of the drivers on the road insist that his or her
  cars have standard transmissions.

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ANSWER

• A Some of the drivers on the road insist that
  their cars have standard transmissions.
• Intended meaning plural
• drivers . their

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subject-verb agreement problems

• Check your draft for subject-verb agreement
  problems by circling each sentence's subject and
  drawing a line with an arrow to that subject's
  verb.
• You should be able to do this for each sentence.
  A verb must agree with its subject in number and
  in person. In many cases, the verb must take a
  form depending on whether the subject is singular
  or plural The old man is angry and stamps into
  the house, but The old men are angry and stamp
  into the house.
• Lack of subject-verb agreement is often just a
  matter of leaving the -s ending off the verb
  THIRD PERSON SINGULAR of regular,
  present-tense verbs out of carelessness, or of
  using a form of English that does not have this
  ending. Sometimes, however, this error results
  from particular sentence constructions.

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WHICH SENTENCES ARE CORRECT?

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• A The contract has too many ifs.
• B The contract has too many ifs.
• 2.
• A For some letters, students were filing up to
  the stage by the 20's and 30's, but for the Q's,
  X's, and Z's, students were going up in 2's and
  3's.B For some letters, student's were filing
  up to the stage by the 20s and 30s, but for the
  Qs, Xs, and Zs, students were going up in 2's and
  3's.

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AMSWERS

• 1.
• A
• The contract has too many ifs.
• 2.
• A For some letters, students were filing up to
  the stage by the 20's and 30's, but for the Q's,
  X's, and Z's, students were going up in 2's and
  3's.

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Childs singular possessive
Yankees plural possessive
Its possessive pronoun
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SEE MORE AT THE LINKS BELOW

• http//grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/sv_agr.htm
• http//bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/easywriter3e/20err
  ors/
• http//www.bedfordstmartins.com/nsmhandbook/errors
  .html
• http//bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/smhandbook/pages/b
  cs-main.asp?s01000n00010i01010.01vons0
  uid0rau0
• http//aliscot.com/bigdog/agreement_pa.htm

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