Assertion: subject's verb | /r/HasProperty | plural
Facets:
value: in this example
type: OTHER
value: to agree with the other
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Two or more plural subjects joined by or (or nor) would naturally take a plural verb to agree.
text: Plural form subjects with singular or plural meaning take a singular or plural verb, depending on meaning.
text: Plural form subjects with a plural meaning take a plural verb.
text: A singular subject (she, Bill, car) takes a singular verb (is, goes, shines), whereas a plural subject takes a plural verb.
text: Plural indefinite pronoun subjects take plural verbs.
text: Which verb is plural?
text: If the subject is plural, its verb also must be plural.
text: Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural.
text: Or should the verb be plural to agree with the other?
text: If the subject is plural, however, then the verb must be plural.
text: In this example, because the subject, books, is plural, the verb is also plural.
text: If you are asking what the subject and verb must do, in English, they must agree in number -- in other words, if you have a plural subject, the verb must also be plural.
text: Normally a subject made up of more than one element takes a plural verb (
text: Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural.
text: In this example, the jury members are acting as twelve individuals; therefore, the verb is plural.
text: With collective nouns such as group, jury, family, audience, population, the verb might be singular or plural, depending on the writer's intent.
text: It means that if the subject is singular, the verb must also be singular; if the subject is plural, the verb must be plural.