40i Making verbs agree with following subjects

40iMaking verbs agree with following subjects

In English, verbs usually follow subjects. When this order is reversed, make the verb agree with the subject, not with a noun that happens to precede it.

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The subject is silos; it is plural, so the verb must be stand.

In sentences beginning with there is, there are, there was, or there were, the word there serves only as a placeholder; the subject follows the verb.

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The subject, positions, is plural, so the verb must also be plural.