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Subject verb agreement is different than the simple topic of subject and verb. The subject and verb have to both either be plural or both singular.
We normally don't make these sort of mistakes when we speak out loud, but it's a very common mistake to make when writing.
Examples and explanations:
~ Many people in Europe speaks several languages.
People being a plural subject and speaks is a singular verb, it doesn't work.
~ The woman with the dark sunglasses are our mayor.
Woman is a singular subject and are is a plural verb.
~ The packages in the shopping bag were a wonderful mystery to the children.
Shopping bag is a singular subject and were is a plural verb.
Corrections:
~ Many people in Europe speak several languages.
~ The woman in the dark sunglasses is our mayor.
~ The packages in the shopping bag was a wonderful mystery to the children.
We normally don't make these sort of mistakes when we speak out loud, but it's a very common mistake to make when writing.
Examples and explanations:
~ Many people in Europe speaks several languages.
People being a plural subject and speaks is a singular verb, it doesn't work.
~ The woman with the dark sunglasses are our mayor.
Woman is a singular subject and are is a plural verb.
~ The packages in the shopping bag were a wonderful mystery to the children.
Shopping bag is a singular subject and were is a plural verb.
Corrections:
~ Many people in Europe speak several languages.
~ The woman in the dark sunglasses is our mayor.
~ The packages in the shopping bag was a wonderful mystery to the children.