What is the rule for choosing the correct verb if you have a plural subject?
Always choose the plural verb.
How can you tell which verb to choose if the subject is an indefinite pronoun that can be either singular?
Look the the object of the prep
plays
Each is always singular!
The boys (visit/visits) the museum.
visit
Wilbur (graduate/graduates) from high school.
graduates
Which of the following sentences has correct subject-verb agreement? a) "The choir sings beautifully." b) "The choir sing beautifully."
a) "The choir sings beautifully."
The book by Octave Chanute (is/are) in the library.
is
Say one of the rules for subject and verb agreement.
A singular indefinite pronoun should have a singular verb, and a plural indefinite pronoun should have a plural verb.
or
Rule 1: Singular Subjects with Singular Verbs. Plural Subject with plural verbs.
List 3 indefinite pronouns that can be singular
all, any, more, most, none, some