A subject is a part of a sentence that contains the person or thing performing the action (or verb) in a sentence. (See What is a verb?) Here are some examples: Example: Jennifer walked to the store. In this sentence, the subject is "Jennifer" and the verb is "walked." Example: After lunch, I will call my mother.
To have a complete sentence, a writer must have a subject as well as a predicate that contains a verb. Additional Resources: View some examples and further explanation of the general sentence elements. Check out a grammar quiz or an interactive grammar module to practice your grammar skills.
Here the subject is "conclusion," and the verb is "shows." Because "conclusion " is singular (there is only one), the verb should also be singular. If the verb were plural, it would refer to more than one subject. Here is an example of where that plural verb would work: Example: The results show that variables X and Y are related.
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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 ...
I recently fielded questions about two subject-verb agreement errors that readers noticed in the media. One was heard on an NPR program. The other was committed by, um, a columnist who should have ...
The order of a sentence in standard English is typically subject-verb-object. The subject is what does the action, the verb is the action itself, and the object is what receives the action.
A phrase is a group of words that works together in a sentence but does not contain a subject or a verb. Often phrases are used for descriptions of people, things, or events.