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Subject Verb Agreement Subject-verb agreement plays a pivotal role in crafting well-structured and grammatically accurate English, serving as the cornerstone of effective communication. It is actually the foundation stone on which accurate English is constructed. If you are unaware of this basic grammatic principle, you are liable to commit unpardonable grammatical mistakes leading to a very poor English in writing and speaking. A student must be made aware of this principle from the primary level of learning English. This principle is also known as the Rule of Concord. According to this rule a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb. You can understand this principle from the example given below:- Read the following sentence carefully:- He is writing an essay. ( In this sentence, you can see that 'He' is singular and 'He' takes a singular verb that is 'is' but suppose your teacher asks you to replace 'He' with ...

Subject verb Agreement Part 2 I have already taught you subject verb agreement or the Rule of Concord in part 1 of this post. In part 2, I will tell you about more exceptions to the rule of concord. Other exceptions to the Rule of Concord 1. Generally two or more nouns joined by ‘and’ take a plural verb:-  i) He and I are coming to you. ii) My father, uncle and I are not coming to your school today. 2. But when two or more noun taken together denote one noun, it will take a singular verb. i) My friend and guide is an Assistant Professor in a college. ii) By the death of Indira Gandhi, a great statesman and patriot has been lost. iii) The speaker and Vice-President is dead. (one person) iv) The speaker and the Vice-President are dead. (two persons) v) Bread and butter is my breakfast in the morning. vi) The horse and carriage is waiting at the door. vi) Slow and steady wins the race. vii) The long and short of the story is that he will marry her girlfriend even his family doesn’...