Subject-Verb Agreement The following are common rules on subject-verb agreement: 1. Nouns in plural form but singular in meaning take a singular verb. a. Statistics is my favorite subject. b. Measles attack the whole town. 2. Plural titles of the books‚ periodicals‚ films‚ and the like take a singular verb. a. Great Expectations is our favorite. b. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is my favorite book. 3. Use do for plural subjects and does for
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Noelle Maher J. M.W.C 3/21/13 WWII League of German Girls Hitler’s youth was Hitler’s Nazi party to train boys to go to war but there was also the League of German Girls that made up Hitler’s youth movement. Formed in the 1920’s‚ The League of German Girls was the only female youth party. It consisted of 2 sections at the beginning. The Young Girls League was for girls ages 10-14‚ and the League proper was for girls ages 14-18. Eventually a third section was added called the Belief and
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the National Football League when a punter punted a football that “hanged” in the air a little too long. A punt is when a punter of the football team kicks the football to the other team on fourth down to give the team a good field position (Oriard‚ 2016). On November 13‚ 1977‚ Oakland Raiders’ punter Ray Guy punted the football numerous times and the football were just “ hanging” in the air a little too long (Wilkening‚ 2013). The “hang time” on the punts prompted the National Football League to
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The Three Types of Hockey Players Hockey is a game of organized chaos. While the team that has control of the puck tries to pass‚ shoot‚ and score the team without the puck is trying to steal‚ hit‚ and block shots. This is obvious and anyone watching a hockey game can clearly see this. But what some people don’t see is the roles that every player has and how important it is to their team’s success. There are many different types of hockey players but its best to classify them into three major
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making it clear that it’s to protect both of you‚ not just you. And make sure to explain that you in no way expect to get a divorce in the future. Don’t lead her to believe that you’re planning your exit strategy. Explain that this is simply a "just in case" plan. It’s a good idea to bring up the prenup issue early on in the relationship‚ and definitely before getting engaged‚ in order to gauge her feelings about the issue. Ask her what she knows about prenups. Make her understand that it’s not
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Subject Verb Agreement The Basic Rules To ensure subject and verb agreement‚ the basic rules to follow are: 1.Identify the real subject. The subject is the person or object that is described by a verb‚ or that performs the action of a verb. 2.Determine whether the subject is singular or plural. 3.Use the matching form of the verb (singular or plural). We will now go to specific cases and the corresponding rules o Subject-Verb Agreement. 1.When the Subject and verb are separated Find
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completion in Major League Baseball has been greatly imbalanced since the strike shortened season of 1994. Competitive balance should exist when there are no clubs chronically weak because of Major League Baseball’s structural features. Proper competitive balance will not exist until every well-run club has a regularly recurring reasonable hope of reaching postseason play which is parity. One of the primary reasons for the competitive imbalance that does occur in Major League Baseball is difference
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famous line while playing Jimmy Dugan in the movie A League of Their Own. This movie follows the fictional characters of Dotty and Kit Hinson as they play in the brand-new All-American Women’s League during World War II. This movie showcases the sexism that ran rampant throughout American society for most of America’s history. In a time when women’s roles were starting to be challenged‚ the women’s league started to being things to a head. The league challenged some of the sexist ideas that many people
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downfall of the League of Nations? Benito Mussolini was an extremely influential figure in Europe in the 1930s. Many argue that Mussolini was responsible for the downfall and eventual failure of the League of Nations. Mussolini wanted to regain the Roman Empire to it’s former glory‚ and initiated his nationalistic plan with the invasion of Abyssinia in 1935. Both Italy and Abyssinia were members of the League‚ meaning that it fell to them to deal with this‚ and could possibly help the League regain respect
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS [FAILURES]- While the League of Nations could celebrate its successes‚ the League had every reason to examine its failures and where it went wrong. These failures‚ especially in the 1930’s‚ cruelly exposed the weaknesses of the League of Nations and played a part in the outbreak of World War Two in 1939. During the 1920’s the failures of the League of Nations were essentially small-scale and did not threaten world peace. However they did set a marker – that the League of Nations
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