Transcript AGREEMENT IN SENTENCES

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WRITING MUST BE CONSISTENT
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SUBJECT MUST AGREE WITH THE VERB
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PRONOUNS MUST AGREE WITH THE NOUNS
THEY REPLACE
ALL ELEMENTS OF A LIST MUST BE THE SAME
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SIMPLE RULE: SINGULAR SUBJECTS GET
SINGULAR VERBS; PLURAL SUBJECTS GET
PLURAL VERBS
THE SAT WILL WRITE SENTENCES THAT ARE
DESIGNED TO TRICK YOU.
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SENTENCES MAY CONTAIN AN INTERVENING
CLAUSE
AN INTERVENING CLAUSE IS A GROUP OF
WORDS THAT COMES BETWEEN THE SUBJECT
AND THE VERB OF THE SENTENCE. THIS
CLAUSE IS NOT RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT
VERB AGREEMENT.
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EXAMPLES:
THE CAT, BUT NOT THE DOGS, IS DRIVING ME
UP THE WALL.
PERRY AND ALEC, EACH NEW TO HIS JOB,
WERE NERVOUS ABOUT GIVING THE
PRESENTATION.
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SENTENCES MAY USE PREPOSITIONAL
PHRASES AS SUBJECTS.
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PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL
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SUBJECT
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PREP
OBJECT
IN MOST CASES VERBS AND PRONOUNS
SHOULD AGREE WITH THE SUBJECT OF THE
PREPOSTION.
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THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE DEFENDANT WERE
TROUBLED BY THE RULING
THE NUMBER OF SENIOR CITIZENS IS
GROWING EVERY YEAR.
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THE ONE EXCEPTION IS WHEN THE
PREPOSITION REFERS TO PART OF
SOMETHING.
HALF, MOST, SOME, ALL, PERCENT, ETC.
VERBS AND PRONOUNS MUST AGREE WITH
THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION
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EXAMPLES:
DUE TO THE COLD ONLY HALF OF THE FOOD
STANDS ARE OPEN ON THE BOARDWALK.
MOST OF THE CAR IS TOTALED, BUT THE
STEERING WHEEL LOOKS NICE.
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ELEMENTS OF A LIST SHOULD LOOK AND
SOUND SIMILAR. THEY SHOULD BE THE SAME
PART OF SPEECH, VERBS SHOULD BE IN THE
SAME TENSE, AND CONSTRUCTION SHOULD
BE SIMILAR.
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EXAMPLES:
MARILYN LIKED TO STAY ACTIVE BY JOGGING,
SWIMMING, AND HIKING.
WHEN THE COWBOYS LOST THEIR FANS
CRIED, CURSED, AND BURNED THEIR JERSEYS.
HIKING IS A FUN ACTIVITY IN THE SPRING, IN
THE SUMMER, AND IN THE FALL.