What is subject agreement?

Answer 1

Subject verb agreement is where the verb in the sentence has the right form for the singular or plural subject. For example: Sally runs on the street.

The subject (Sally) is singular and the verb (runs) is the third person singular form. They agree with each other.

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In addition: In the sentence "The girls runs in the playground" the subject and the verb do not agree in number. girls is a plural word, and runs is a singular form of the verb. For the subject and verb to agree, you would have to say "The girls run in the playground" or The girl runs in the playground. The subject and verb must agree in number and in person (see next paragraph).

Sometimes the relationship is a little trickier to find. In the question "How do the president enact laws?" changing the question into a statement will help. "The president do enact laws". President is third person singular, and 'do' is not third person singular. You would have to say "The president does enact laws" or The presidents do enact laws". Subjects and verbs must also agree in person. In question form, it becomes "How does the president enact laws?"

To run

Singular:

I run

You run

He, she, it, or Sally runs

Plural:

We run

You run

They, or the girls run

To do

Singular:

I do

You do

He, she, it, or the president does

Plural:

We do

You do

They, or the presidents do