Chapter 1
Chapter 1
RULE number one. The subject agrees with the predicate in person and in number. The verb ends in S if the subject is in the third person, singular, present tense.
The predicate agrees with the subject regardless of words, phrases, and clauses that come between them.
. The coach, as well as his athletes, is jubilant.
. The father, together with his sons, works hard.
RULE number three
RULE number three
Collective noun names a group of persons and things. If the idea expressed by a collective noun is that of a single group of individuals, the verb should be singular. If the idea expressed by a collective noun is that of a number of individuals or to the individual members of a group, the verb should be plural.