20. Last rule: Remember, only the subject acts on the verb! Everything else doesn`t matter. «No one is right.» (And as in Rule 1, the presence of a modifier does not matter: «None of them is correct.») 13. Use singular verbs for plural subjects in form, but singular in importance: 12. Use individual verbs to designate such entities. B than nations or organizations, or compositions like books or movies: your example of #4 is wrong. In this sentence, many are not an indefinite pronoun; It is an adjective that changes the results of the subject-name. 15. Exceptions to the above rule include the pronouns «little,» «much,» «several,» «both,» «all» and «some.» These always have a plural form.

After grammars, Wren and Martin in «High School English Grammar and Composition» (120th edition in 1987), if the subject of the verb is a relative pronoun, the verb should correspond in number with the parent`s precursor. 8. Use plural verbs or singular verbs, in the form of the noun closest to the verb, with compound subjects that are still or: 1. «Who» are a third person subject pronoun for singular and plural precursors. ex: Who is this girl? (used as a singular prognosun) ex: Who are these girls? (used as plural prognoses) «I`m one of those excesses that don`t tweet.» Or «The eccentrics, of which I am one, don`t tweet,» or «I`m an eccentric who doesn`t tweet,» or «Of these excesses, I`m someone who doesn`t tweet» I`m inclined to have the writer the right subject, not the eccentrics. 7. Use plural verbs with compound subjects that contain the following and: 10. Use plural verbs with inverted subjects (starting with the expletive there, rather than the actual subject) containing plural substrates: 16. If two infinitives are separated by «and,» they adopt the plural form of the verb. 11.

The singular verb is usually reserved for units of measurement or time. 5. Use individual verbs with countless subtantives that follow an indeterminate pronoun: 3. As subject pronouns, «who» needs a verb. Here is the verb «do» or «does.» 6. If two subjects are bound by «and,» they generally need a plural form. 5. Subjects are not always confronted with verbs when it comes to questions.

Be sure to identify the pattern before choosing the right verb form. 3. Use individual verbs with unique undetermined pronouns – «bodies,» «one» and «things» (everyone, each, nothing) and this kind: subjects and verbs must agree on numbers for a sentence to make sense. Although grammar can be a bit odd from time to time, there are 20 rules of the subject-verbal chord that summarize the subject fairly concisely. Most concepts of the verb-subject chord are simple, but exceptions to the rules can make it more complicated.