Subject Verb Agreement Confusion!
Words that can cause confusion with Subject Verb Agreement
Indefinite pronouns that always take a singular verb form:
anyone/anybody, either/neither one,
everyone/everybody, no one/nobody, someone/somebody,
anything, each, everything, nothing, something
Peculiar Pronouns and Nouns that can be singular or plural depending upon context:
(Notice these all refer to amount.)
all most, some, none, half, part
Common Prepositions
(Remember, a subject never shows up in a prepositional phrase, but these phrases often come
between a subject and its verb.)
about, above, across, after, among, around, as,
at, because, of, before, behind, below, beneath, beside,
between, by, during, except, for, from, in,
in spite of, into, like, near, of, on, onto,
over, past, through, till, to, toward, under,
until, up, upon, with, without
Pronoun agreement
Pronouns that take the place of a noun must be either plural or singular just like the noun they
represent.
Example:
Everyone has his or her own way of thinking. / Everyone has their own way of thinking.- Correct
Everyone has their own way of thinking. – Incorrect
All the rules of pronoun agreement are based on the rules of subject-verb agreement.
Pronouns must also agree in person.
Example:
I love the beach, because I can get a good tan. Correct
I love the beach, because you can get a good tan. Incorrect
