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- à 7.4èAgreement With Here, There, Where, and How
- ä:èIn the sentences in the Example, underline the ones
- demonstrating subject-verb agreement.
- #âS:êê ╕Here are the cows╗.
- #êêêè╗Here's the barns.
- #êêêè╗Where is the problems?
- #êêêè╕Where's the beef╗?
- #êêêè╕How are the conditions╗?
- #êêêè╗How's the solutions?
- #éS When the words ╖here, there, where, ╗and ╖how╗ introduce a sen-
- tence, they can never be subjects, and thus have no influence at all
- #on subject-verb agreement.ïFor example in ╖Here (or There) is the
- #╖judge╗, the subject of the sentence is the third person singular noun ╖
- #╖judge╗.ïThe verb too must be in the third person singular, as is ╖is╗.
- #In ╖Where (or How) are the costumes?╗ the subject is the plural noun
- #╖costumes╗, and the verb form ╖are╗ is accordingly plural.ïIn the words
- #╖here's, there's, where's, ╗and ╖how's╗, the apostrophe takes the place
- #of the third person singular verb form ╖is╗.ïTherefore, the subject
- #must be a third person singular noun, as in ╖Here's the wagon╗ or ╖
- #╖Where's the hammock╗?
- 1.èWhich one of the following sentences demonstrates subject-
- verb agreement?
-
- A)ïHow's the twins?
- B)ïHere on the front porch are a staple gun.
- C)ïThere in the midst of the crowd were the stretchers.
- D)ïå
- #ü ╢There in the midst of the crowd were the stretchers╗
- #demonstrates subject-verb agreement.ïThe noun ╢stretchers╗, the last
- #word in the sentence, is the subject of the plural verb form ╢were╗.ïIn
- #another sentence, ╖How's the twins╗ has subject-verb disagreement
- #because ╖╖twins╗, the plural subject, requires a plural verb.ïBecause ╖
- #how's is the equivalent of ╖how is╗, the third person singular verb form
- #╖is╗ does not agree with its plural subject ╖twins.ïAre╗ should thus be
- #substituted for ╖is╗. In the remaining sentence, the third person singu-
- #lar subject ╖porch╗ requires a third person singular verb.ïInstead we
- #have the plural verb form ╖are╗.ï╖Is╗ thus should be substituted for
- #╖are╗.
- Ç C
- 2.èWhich one of the following sentences demonstrates subject-
- verb agreement?
-
- A)ïWhere's the merry-go-rounds?
- B)ïHere in the bushes is the rattle.
- C)ïThere, beside the hammers, are the tool box.
- D)ïå
- #ü ╢Here in the bushes is the rattle╗ demonstrates subject-verb
- #agreement.ï╢Rattle╗, the last word in the sentence, is a third person
- singular subject that requires a third person singular verb, as is the
- #verb form ╢is╗.ïIn another sentence, the plural subject ╖merry-go-
- #╖rounds╗ requires a plural verb.ïInstead, as ╖where's╗ indicates, the
- #verb form ╖is╗ is used.ï╖Are╗ should thus replace ╖is╗.ïIn the remain-
- #ing sentence, the subject, the third person singular noun ╖box╗, re-
- quires a third person singular verb.ïInstead the third person
- #plural verb form ╖are╗ is used.ï╖Is╗ should thus replace ╖are╗.
- Ç B
- 3.ïWhich one of the following sentences demonstrates subject-
- verb agreement?
-
- A)ïThere's the apple grove.
- B)ïWhere's the grazing fields?
- C)ïHow's the Murphys?
- D)ïå
- #ü ╢There's the apple grove╗ demonstrates subject-verb agreement.
- #The third person singular subject ╢grove╗ agrees with the third person
- #singular verb form ╢is╗.ïIn another sentence, the plural subject
- #╖fields╗ does not agree with the singular verb form ╖is.ïAre╗ should
- #thus replace ╖is╗.ïIn the remaining sentence, the plural subject
- #╖Murphys╗ does not agree with the singular verb form ╖is╗.ï╖Are╗ should
- #thus replace ╖is╗.
- Ç A
- 4.èWhich one of the following sentences demonstrates subject-
- verb agreement?
-
- A)ïHere's the pulleys.
- B)ïWhere's the gutted hogs?
- C)ïThere's the ivory towers.
- D)ïå
- ü
- ëå of ç sentences demonstrate subject-verb agreement.ïThe
- #plural subjects ╖pulleys, hogs, ╗and╖ towers╗ do not agree with the sin-
- #gular verb form ╖is╗.ïIn each case replace ╖is╗ with ╖are╗.
- Ç D
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