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Subject-verb agreement is an important area of English grammar, today, small series ready to use the rules of the verb in the singular and plural verb agreement related to grammar system for the students, with a look!
1) by a "some of, plenty of, a lot of, lots of, most of, the rest of, all of, half of, part of, the remainder of or parts, percentages + of + noun" phrases such as subject, the verb constant consistent with the number of the noun.
The rest of the lecture is dull.
Half of the apple is rotten. The rotten apple half bad.
Half of the apples are rotten. These apples have spoiled the half.
About one third of the books are worth reading. About a third of the book is worth reading.
Over 30% of the students were absent from the meeting.
2) a similar phrases composed of "a kind of, this kind of , many kinds of" and "Noun + of this kind" and the like, as well as by a kind meaning similar type, sort, form, part, piece, section , etc. for when the subject, verb and noun in front of consistent numbers. Such as:
A kind of Birds has been Discovered by Them.
Parts of the book are very instructive.
Apples IS expensive kind of the this.
Apples of the this kind are expensive.
3) "more + plural noun + than one" predicate structure used in the plural.
More members than one have protested against the plan.
4) Indefinite pronouns "each, one, no one, some (any, no, every) + body (one or thing)" when the sentence subject or as a qualifier, the verb all the singular forms
Each boy gets a prize .
Someone wants to buy the house.
. Each of the books costs five Yuan
Note: each, all, when both used apposition, the verb should still be consistent with the subject
We each have an English-Chinese dictionary .
And connected by a two or three subjects before singular if every, each, no, when many a modification, to use a single verb forms.
Each teacher and (each) student was given a book.
Hour and Every (Every) minute IS Important
Many MANY A A Teacher and Student enjoys at The Book Very much.
When many a ... / more than one + noun as subject, verb still take the singular form
Many a man thinks life is meaningless without purpose.
one and a half + plural noun "is as subject, predicate which use the singular forms
One and a half bananas is left on the table.