Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns and Compound Subjects

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Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns and Compound
Subjects
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• Singular Indefinite Pronouns

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• Singular Indefinite Pronouns
• A. The following indefinite pronouns are
  singular anybody, anyone, anything, each,
  either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither,
  nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody,
  something, someone, and something.

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• Singular Indefinite Pronouns
• A. The following indefinite pronouns are
  singular anybody, anyone, anything, each,
  either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither,
  nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody,
  something, someone, and something.
• B. Singular indefinite pronouns need singular
  verbs.

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• Singular Indefinite Pronouns
• A. The following indefinite pronouns are
  singular anybody, anyone, anything, each,
  either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither,
  nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody,
  something, someone, and something.
• B. Singular indefinite pronouns need singular
  verbs.
• 1. One of the stars is Antares.

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• Singular Indefinite Pronouns
• A. The following indefinite pronouns are
  singular anybody, anyone, anything, each,
  either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither,
  nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody,
  something, someone, and something.
• B. Singular indefinite pronouns need singular
  verbs.
• 1. One of the stars is Antares.
• 2. Each of the tourists was given a map.

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• II. Plural Indefinite Pronouns

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• II. Plural Indefinite Pronouns
• A. The following indefinite pronouns are plural
  both, few, many, and several.

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• II. Plural Indefinite Pronouns
• A. The following indefinite pronouns are plural
  both, few, many, and several.
• B. Plural indefinite pronouns need plural verbs.

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• II. Plural Indefinite Pronouns
• A. The following indefinite pronouns are plural
  both, few, many, and several.
• B. Plural indefinite pronouns need plural verbs.
• 1. Few of the guests (are/is) wearing
  formal clothes.

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• II. Plural Indefinite Pronouns
• A. The following indefinite pronouns are plural
  both, few, many, and several.
• B. Plural indefinite pronouns need plural verbs.
• 1. Few of the guests are wearing formal
  clothes.
• 2. Many of the newer houses
  (has/have) built-in smoke detectors.

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• II. Plural Indefinite Pronouns
• A. The following indefinite pronouns are plural
  both, few, many, and several.
• B. Plural indefinite pronouns need plural verbs.
• 1. Few of the guests are wearing formal
  clothes.
• 2. Many of the newer houses have built-in
  smoke detectors.
• 3. Several in the group (say/says) yes.

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• II. Plural Indefinite Pronouns
• A. The following indefinite pronouns are plural
  both, few, many, and several.
• B. Plural indefinite pronouns need plural verbs.
• 1. Few of the guests are wearing formal
  clothes.
• 2. Many of the newer houses have built-in
  smoke detectors.
• 3. Several in the group say yes.

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• III. Singular or Plural Indefinite Pronouns

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• III. Singular or Plural Indefinite Pronouns
• A. The following indefinite pronouns can be
  singular or plural all, any, more, most, none,
  and some.

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• III. Singular or Plural Indefinite Pronouns
• A. The following indefinite pronouns can be
  singular or plural all, any, more, most, none,
  and some.
• B. You can find out if the indefinite pronoun is
  singular or plural by looking at the
  prepositional phrase that comes after it.

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• III. Singular or Plural Indefinite Pronouns
• A. The following indefinite pronouns can be
  singular or plural all, any, more, most, none,
  and some.
• B. You can find out if the indefinite pronoun is
  singular or plural by looking at the
  prepositional phrase that comes after it.
• 1. If the object of the proposition is
  singular, the pronoun is singular.

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• III. Singular or Plural Indefinite Pronouns
• A. The following indefinite pronouns can be
  singular or plural all, any, more, most, none,
  and some.
• B. You can find out if the indefinite pronoun is
  singular or plural by looking at the
  prepositional phrase that comes after it.
• 1. If the object of the proposition is
  singular, the pronoun is singular.
• 2. If the object of the preposition is
  plural, the pronoun is plural.

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• C. Examples
• 1. All of the snow (has/have) melted.

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• C. Examples
• 1. All of the snow has melted.
• ALL is singular because snow (the object
  of the preposition) is singular.

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• C. Examples
• 1. All of the snow has melted.
• ALL is singular because snow (the object
  of the preposition) is singular.
• 2. All of the snowflakes (has/have) melted.

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• C. Examples
• 1. All of the snow has melted.
• ALL is singular because snow (the object
  of the preposition) is singular.
• 2. All of the snowflakes have melted.
• ALL is plural because snowflakes (the
  O.P.) is plural.

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• C. Examples
• 1. All of the snow has melted.
• ALL is singular because snow (the object
  of the preposition) is singular.
• 2. All of the snowflakes have melted.
• ALL is plural because snowflakes (the
  O.P.) is plural.
• 3. Some of the birdseed (is/are) left in
  the feeder.

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• C. Examples
• 1. All of the snow has melted.
• ALL is singular because snow (the object
  of the preposition) is singular.
• 2. All of the snowflakes have melted.
• ALL is plural because snowflakes (the
  O.P.) is plural.
• 3. Some of the birdseed is left in the feeder.
• SOME is singular because birdseed is
  singular.

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• C. Examples
• 1. All of the snow has melted.
• ALL is singular because snow (the object
  of the preposition) is singular.
• 2. All of the snowflakes have melted.
• ALL is plural because snowflakes (the
  O.P.) is plural.
• 3. Some of the birdseed is left in the feeder.
• SOME is singular because birdseed is
  singular
• 4. Some of the seeds (is/are) left in the
  feeder.

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• C. Examples
• 1. All of the snow has melted.
• ALL is singular because snow (the object
  of the preposition) is singular.
• 2. All of the snowflakes have melted.
• ALL is plural because snowflakes (the
  O.P.) is plural.
• 3. Some of the birdseed is left in the feeder.
• SOME is singular because birdseed is
  singular
• 4. Some of the seeds are left in the feeder.
• SOME is plural because seeds is plural.

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• IV. Compound Subjects

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• IV. Compound Subjects
• A. A compound subject is made up of two or more
  subjects joined by the conjunctions or, and, or
  nor.

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• IV. Compound Subjects
• A. A compound subject is made up of two or more
  subjects joined by the conjunctions or, and, or
  nor.
• B. Subjects joined by and take a plural verb.

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• IV. Compound Subjects
• A. A compound subject is made up of two or more
  subjects joined by the conjunctions or, and, or
  nor.
• B. Subjects joined by and take a plural verb.
• 1. Red and blue is/are the schools colors.

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• IV. Compound Subjects
• A. A compound subject is made up of two or more
  subjects joined by the conjunctions or, and, or
  nor.
• B. Subjects joined by and take a plural verb.
• 1. Red and blue are the schools colors.
• 2. Mr. Foxworth, Mrs. Russell and Ms. Kamal
  is/are sixth grade teachers.

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• IV. Compound Subjects
• A. A compound subject is made up of two or more
  subjects joined by the conjunctions or, and, or
  nor.
• B. Subjects joined by and take a plural verb.
• 1. Red and blue are the schools colors.
• 2. Mr. Foxworth, Mrs. Russell and Ms. Kamal
  are sixth grade teachers.
• C. Singular subjects are joined by or or nor
  take a singular verb.

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• IV. Compound Subjects
• A. A compound subject is made up of two or more
  subjects joined by the conjunctions or, and, or
  nor.
• B. Subjects joined by and take a plural verb.
• 1. Red and blue are the schools colors.
• 2. Mr. Foxworth, Mrs. Russell and Ms. Kamal
  are sixth grade teachers.
• C. Singular subjects are joined by or or nor
  take a singular verb.
• D. Plural subjects joined by or or nor take a
  plural verb.

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• E. When a singular subject and a plural subject
  are joined by or or nor, the verb agrees with the
  subject nearer to the verb.

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• E. When a singular subject and a plural subject
  are joined by or or nor, the verb agrees with the
  subject nearer to the verb.
• 1. A soft blanket (singular) or warm booties
  (plural) make a baby comfortable.

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• E. When a singular subject and a plural subject
  are joined by or or nor, the verb agrees with the
  subject nearer to the verb.
• 1. A soft blanket (singular) or warm booties
  (plural) make a baby comfortable.
• 2. Warm booties (plural) or a soft blanket
  (singular) makes a baby comfortable.