Checklist: Editing for Subject-Verb Agreement

CHECKLIST

Editing for Subject-Verb Agreement

  • Identify the subject that goes with each verb to check for agreement problems. (24a)
  • Check compound subjects joined by and, or, and nor. (24b)
  • Check collective-noun subjects to determine whether they refer to a group as a single unit or as multiple members. (24c)
  • Check indefinite-pronoun subjects. Most take a plural verb. (24d)