Subject-verb agreement means that your verb must be conjugated, or changed, to fit (or agree) with the subject. Subjects can be singular or plural. Think of singular and plural as mathematical ...

When a compound subject contains “and,” it’s easy to make the verb match: You and a loved one have coverage. By nature, “and” makes singular things plural: Ned is. Nancy is. Ned and ...

I recently fielded questions about two subject-verb agreement errors that readers noticed in the media. One was heard on an NPR program. The other was committed by, um, a columnist who should have ...

Let’s start with various forms of disagreement between singular and plural elements in a sentence. 1. “Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are both 34, and neither have been engaged or married yet.” ...

Dictionaries say "whereabouts" is one of those words that may be used with either a singular or a plural verb. One reference book says the use of a plural verb is 10 times more common in print.

It seems that today, however, the distinction between singular and plural nouns is either being ignored, or the writers never learned the difference. Much too often, plural verbs are being given ...

Among the hardiest of questions is a poser that ought not to be a poser: Does "none" take a singular or plural verb? The New York Times likes it plural: "None of the officials whose actions were ...