Writing 2101F/G Lecture Notes - Critical Thinking, Avocado
17 Oct 2013
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Simple subject consists of the noun alone: ex. Complete subject includes the simple subject and its modifiers: ex. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Helps readers understand the relations between elements in a sentence. Subjects and verbs agree in number and person. Pronouns and their antecedents agree in person, number, and gender. Most subject-verb agreement problems arise when endings are omitted from subjects or verbs or when the relation between sentence parts is unknown. Make the verb agree with its subject, not with a word that comes between: ex. The samples on the tray in the lab need/needs testing: ex. High levels of air pollution causes/cause damage to the respiratory tract. Strip away the modifiers to isolate the noun that is the subject: ex. The slaughter of pandas for their pelts have/has caused the panda population to decline drastically: ex. The governor, as well as his press secretary, were/was shot.
