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Finding subjects and verbs & subject and verb agreement. Jane Straus, foremost expert, answers your burning English grammar and punctuation questions. To see the entire contents of The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation online and to take online quizzes, go to www.grammarbook.com

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  • You're very welcome!

  • Thanks!

  • You can find The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation at many bookstores or on Amazon. You can also order it from your local bookstore if it's not on the shelf.

    Let me know how you do on your ACT test!

  • With two sentences connected by conjunctions like "and, but, or, for, nor," use a comma before these words unless the sentences are very short.

  • heLo...thanks for you site about the subject verb agreement...it helped me a lot!! and also, we hav the same name...^^godbLess!

  • I'm so glad. Thanks for writing.

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  • @gillettchambers Some nouns can be singular or plural depending on how they are used. Our lesson says with words such as "some" that indicate portions, look at the noun in your of phrase to determine whether to use a singular or plural verb. In this case, that noun is "evidence." Evidence may be multiple things, a single thing, or a collective whole. Since the word evidence here consists of that which is supporting and nonsupporting, it is plural: " . . . evidence suggest . . ."

  • Hi Jane using your rule from this video, would the correct verb be "suggests" or "suggest" in the statement below?

    "Some of the evidence suggests/suggest that american cotton came from Africa".

  • @angusthethird how do you know? how did she die?

  • Awesome!

  • Good for you!

    (Lester Kaufman, Jane's husband on behalf of Jane)

  • Thanks ever so much! Your a savior! Im gonna get a B i'm determined!

  • Too bad Jane's no longer here. RIP Jane.

  • I'm so glad that subject-verb agreement makes more sense to you now!

  • OMG this helped me soo much. I tutor english but have the hardest time with subject-verb agreement. The cleared up alot.

  • Thank you!

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