The correct verb agreement for collective nouns is determined by whether the collective noun is singular or plural.
For example:
A flock of geese is landing on the lake.
This time of year, flocks of geese are landing on the lake every day.
"Group" is a collective noun that requires correct verb agreement. For example, you would say "The group is meeting tomorrow" rather than "The group are meeting tomorrow."
An example of collective noun and verb disagreement is: "The team is celebrating their victory." In this case, "team" is the collective noun treated as a singular entity, yet the verb "are" is used as if the team is made up of individuals. The correct sentence would be: "The team is celebrating its victory."
The word 'agreed' is the past tense of the verb 'to agree'. The noun forms for the verb are the gerund, agreeing, and the noun agreement.
Yes, you generally use a singular verb for a collective noun because the collective noun is treated as if it is singular. For example, "government" is a collective noun, and it takes a singular verb: The government is very stable in that country. "Team" is another collective noun. My favorite team is the Blue Jays. But it should be noted that British English sometimes uses a plural verb with a collective noun, where in American English, it's a singular verb. For example, British English would say "the government are..." or "the team are..." where in American English, we would say the government is, or the team is. So, do not be shocked if you are reading a British book and you see this difference in usage.
The correct sentence is "All the equipment is" because "equipment" is considered a collective noun and is typically used with a singular verb.
"How should the sentence above be rewritten to correct the subject-verb agreement error?"
When a collective noun is the subject of a sentence or a clause, a singular collective noun takes a verb for the singular; a plural collective noun takes a verb for the plural.Examples:A herd of elephants was at the river's edge. (singular)Herds of elephants were converging at the river's edge. (plural)
A singular collective noun uses a verb for a singular subject.A plural collective noun uses a verb for a plural subject.Examples:A bouquet of flowers was delivered to my office. (singular)Many bouquets of flowers were delivered to her dressing room. (plural)
The collective noun 'crew' is singular, one crew. The correct verb is 'The crew prepares...'.
In the sentence:The word 'choir' is often a collective noun, but in this sentence it's not used as a collective noun; it is a singular, common noun and the subject of the sentence.The main verb is 'left' with the auxiliary verb 'has'; 'has left' is the complete verb.
The subject noun does not agree with the verb, the noun 'committee' is a singular noun which take the verb for singular: "The committee is...", not "The committee are..."The sentence, "The committee are voting this after noon." does not contain a collective noun.A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way. A collective noun is a function of a noun, not a form of a noun.The word 'committee' is often used as a collective noun, but in the example sentence, it is not grouping anyone or anything. Examples of 'committee' as a collective noun:The committee of employees is voting this afternoon.The committee of students is voting this afternoon.Please note that the noun 'afternoon' is a closed compound noun, not an open spaced compound noun.
It is a collective noun.
A herd of antelope regularly usesthis water hole. (singular)Many herds of animals regularly usethis water hole. (plural)
No, the verb is not correct. The subject noun 'group' is singular (one group). The correct sentence is:"Your group is unable to decide on an effective presentation method."
There are some possibilities:occurred (verb to occur) - happenedaccord - (noun) an agreement or settlement
The verb for a singular collective noun is a verb for the singular.The verb for a plural collective noun is a verb for the plural.Examples:A herd of elephants was at the river's edge. (singular)Herds of elephants were converging at the river's edge. (plural)The reason that a singular verb is used for a singular collective noun is that the collective noun (herd) is the subject of the sentence; the noun 'elephants' is the object of the preposition 'of'. The term 'herd of elephants' is a noun phrase. The simple subject of the sentence is 'herd'; the complete subject is 'herd of elephants' (one herd).
Noun forms of the verb to collect are collector, collection, and the gerund, collecting.
A collective noun and its prepositional phrase functions as a noun phrase (a word or group of words based on a noun or pronoun without a verb) that can function as a subject of a sentence or a clause and the object of a verb or a preposition.For example: a herd (collective noun) of buffalo (preposition and object of the preposition)The rule: a singular collective noun (herd) takes a verb for a singular subject (a herd was), and a plural collective noun takes a verb for a plural subject (the herds were).Subject of the sentence: A herd of buffalo slowly moved across the plain.Subject of the clause: The amazing sight, a herd of buffalo grazing, compelled us to stop and watch.Object of the verb: We watched the herd of buffalo from the safety of our car.Object of the preposition: We took photos of the herd of buffalo.