[COM 225] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (57 pages long!)
29 Nov 2016
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Verbs match objects in the sentence ! A verb must agree with intended number of its subject ! Identify actual object of sentence and decide subject"s number (singular or plural) ! Always plural subject, more than one unit use plural ! ***look at the subject for singular or plural verb to go with it***! Your decision about verb number will be based on certain guidelines ! When a compound subject contains the conjunction or, or but, or either or, or neither nor ! Neither bud or his brothers are going to columbia. Depending on their meaning in a sentence, collective nouns and certain words that seem plural in form may take singular or plural verb ! Liquid cocaine is a drink to avoid at bars. (singular) ! Pronouns such as any, non, some and nouns such as al and most take singular verbs if they refer to unit or quantity !
