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Subject-Verb Agreement!

Psst! Professor Wend, I HOPE you handed out the first grammar refresher finally? Maybe you should pin them to your shirt in the future. Subject-Verb Agreement!. Remember back to our previous discussions of paragraph and sentence unity in your writing. Can someone briefly summarize?

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Subject-Verb Agreement!

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  1. Psst! Professor Wend, I HOPE you handed out the first grammar refresher finally? Maybe you should pin them to your shirt in the future. Subject-Verb Agreement!

  2. Remember back to our previous discussions of paragraph and sentence unity in your writing. Can someone briefly summarize? Singular subjects use singular verbs Plural subjects take plural verbs Subject-Verb Agreement?

  3. Is v Are Hydrogen peroxide is an unstable compound Characters are not well developed in O Henry's short stories Is Versus Are!

  4. Pause. Take a breath!!! Questions?

  5. When you are dealing with the present tense, add an "s" to the verb The President has the power to veto congressional legislation. Singular nouns in the third person also include an "s" on the verb She frequently cites statistics to support her assertions. Subject-Verb Agreement!

  6. When dealing with a plural noun, do not add an "s" Experts recommend that dieters avoid salty processed meat. They say that some wealthy people default on their student loans. Page 244! Even More Subject-Verb Agreement!

  7. Group Work???!!!??? Subject-Verb Agreement!!!

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