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9, The movie, including all the previews, takes about two hours to watch. lFf i
19. There were fifteen candies in that bag. Now there is only one left!
22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, grcets the press cordially.
23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, arc in this case.
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3. When the word and connects two or more nouns or pronouns, use a pluralverb.
She and her family are at Disney World.
4. When a compound subject contains both a singular and a ptural noun or pronoun
joined by or or !!9I, the verb should agree with the part of the subject that is nearer
the verb.
The athlete or his teammates sprint every day.
His teammates or the athlete sprints every day.
5. When a phrase comes between the subject and verb, the verb has to agree with
the subject, not with the noun or pronoun in the phrase'
Two of the puppies are whimPering.
The birthday boy, along with his friends, is anxious for the party to stop.
8. Sentences that begin with there is or there are have the subject foltowing the
verb since there is not a subject. Therefore, the verb must agree with what follows it.
There are many paths to success.
There is one road out of town.
A predicate adjective modifies the subject of the sentence, and is connected to the subject
by a linking verb. In the sentence "The wall is purple," the subject is "wallr" the predicate
adjective is "purple" and the linking verb is "is."
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3. Furthermore, you should not place a hyphen in a compound adjective
if the adjectives are capitalized, such as when they are part of a title.
CORRECT:
- Since puppiesis plural, it would -sound
The PuPPies arecute.
funny to'use the singular verb form, rir
(NOT correct): The PuPPies 6cute'
CORRECT:
Since boY is singular, it would
to use the Plural.
sound funnY-walk
The boy reltc home from school'
verb form, (NOT correct):
The boy wa¡lkhome from school'
are singular, they are
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plural subjects'
maicttéá w",th the same verb form as
Ghoosethecorrect'formoftheverbtomatcheachsubject.
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