Transcript Rule 1

11/5 Agreement warm-up #1
1.) Many examples that he talks about (is/are) on culture.
2.) The tornadoes that tear through this county every
spring (is/are) more than just a nuisance.
3.) Every student in all the high schools (is/are)
Going on the field trip.
4.) Kara Walters, together with her teammates,
(scores/score) top scores on the basketball court.
5.) Some of the votes (seem/seems) to have been
miscounted.
11/5 Agreement warm-up #1
Rule 1: Use verbs that agree with a subject, not
with a noun that is part of a modifying
phrase or clause between verb and subject:
“The pot of eggs is boiling on the stove.”
11/7 Agreement warm-up #2
1.)Each (do/does) a great does of work.
2.) Every Wednesday the staff (work/works) late.
3.) One of the Elvis impersonators (is/are) missing.
4.) Both of those cities (were/was) on my vacation
route.
5.) I’m sure someone in these two classrooms
(has/have) a pen.
11/7 Agreement warm-up #2
Rule 2: Use singular verbs with singular
indefinite pronouns — each, the “-bodies,” “ones,” and “-things” (anybody, everyone,
nothing), and the like:
• “Everybody is correct.” (And, just as in rule
number 1, the presence of a modifier is
irrelevant: “Everyone of them is correct.”)
11/19 Agreement warm-up #3
1.) Several examples (is/are) not about your singular thesis.
2.) In “Seeing Through the Rules” there (is/are) two groups that are
trying to get along.
3.) There (is/are) millions of people who would rather be poor than ask
for government help.
4.) The major problem (is/are) the contradictory findings.
5.) The only thing we (need/needs) now are new books.
6.) The results (is/are) one thing, but we don’t care.
11/19 Agreement warm-up #3
Rule 3: Use singular or plural verbs that agree
with the subject, not with the complement of
the subject:
“My favorite type of movie is comedies,” but
“Comedies are my favorite type of movie.”
11/27 Agreement warm-up #4
11/27 Agreement warm-up #4
Rule number 4: Use plural verbs with
compound subjects that include and:
“The dog and the cat are outside.”
12/5 Agreement warm-up #5
12/5 Agreement warm-up #5
Use plural verbs or singular verbs, depending
on the form of the noun nearest the verb,
with compound subjects that include nor or
or:
“Either the dog or the cats are responsible for
the mess.” (“Either the cats or the dog is
responsible for the mess” is also technically
correct but is awkward.)
12/7 Agreement warm-up #6
Review rules 1-5
12/11 Agreement warm-up #7
Review Rules 1-5