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Although English-language verbs generally don’t inflect or change in form to agree with the subject in number, they do so in the present tense, third-person singular. In English grammar, in this ...

Subject-verb agreement means that your verb must be conjugated, or changed, to fit (or agree) with the subject. Subjects can be singular or plural. Think of singular and plural as mathematical ...

As terse as they normally are, newspaper headlines are designed to get your attention by, as much as possible, summarizing the main body text. Two words in last week’s headline of this column; ...

Of all the grammar concepts we have, "plural" seems to be one of the most straightforward. You got one thing? It's singular. Got more than one thing? It's plural. But alas, language is always less ...

We can use singular or plural verbs with many collective nouns, Pamela, and government is one of these. Singular and plural forms are often mixed as are the pronouns that refer back to the nouns in ...

Sample 1: “’Sharon’s got a boyfriend’ would be a colourful way to introduce this piece. It would help you transcend beyond the kid actor image of the five-year-old talent who starred in the 1997 movie ...

Imperative forms of 'aller' and 'faire' Quiz Higher Tier - saying 'Let's ...' For the vous form for regular verbs, use the usual vous verb form. The imperative is used to order or instruct someone to ...