english

• synonyms

  they have a similar meaning
• antonyms


  an opposite meaning
• rule 1


  a singular subject needs a singular verb and a plural subject needs a plural verb
• rule 2


  when the subject is composed of two or more nouns connected by and it needs a plural verb
• rule 3


  when two or more singular nouns or pronouns are connected by or, nor, either, and neither, the verb is singular
• rule 4


  when a compound subject contains both singular and plural nouns joined by either or or neither nor, the subject verb agrees with the nearest subject
• rule 5


  intervening words between the subject and the verb do not affect the verb of the sentence
• rule 6

  indefinite pronouns like each, each one, everyone, everybody, somebody, anybody, someone, nothing, and no one need a singular verb
• rule 7


  plural indefinite pronouns like both, many, few, and several need a plural verb
• rule 8


  indefinite pronouns like all, some, and most can take a singular or a plural verb, depending on how they are used in sentence
• rule 9


  when the subject is money, time, and distance, a singular verb is used
• rule 10


  adjectives preceded by the take a plural verb
• rule 11


  nouns that do not have a singular form like glasses, jeans, pincers, pliers, proceeds, riches, scissors, shears, shorts, slacks, tongs, trousers, and tweezers need a plural verb
• rule 12 


  nouns that end in -s but have singular meanings such as civics, economics, ethics, mathematics, measles, molasses, mumps, news, politics, and physics take a singular verb
• rule 13

  collective nouns can take either a singular or plural verb depending on how they are used in sentence
• rule 14


  when a sentence begins with there or here, the verb agrees with the subject that follows it