agreement 6-10(familiarization)
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ule 6.</td>
<td width="442" colspan="2">As a general rule, use a plural verb with two or more subjects when they are connected by <em>and</em>.</td>
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Example:</em></td>
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car and a
bike are my means of transportation.</em></td>
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Rule 7.</td>
<td width="442" colspan="2">Sometimes the subject is separated from the verb by words such as <em>along with, as well as, besides</em>, or <em>not</em>. Ignore these expressions when determining whether to use a singular or plural verb.</td>
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Examples:</em></td>
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politician, along with the newsmen,
is expected shortly. </em></td>
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<td><em>
Excitement, as well as nervousness,
is the cause
of her shaking.</em></td>
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Rule 8.</td>
<td width="442" colspan="2">The pronouns <em>each, everyone, every one, everybody, anyone, anybody, someone,</em> and <em>somebody</em> are singular and require singular verbs. Do not be misled by what follows <em>of</em>.</td>
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Examples:</em></td>
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Each of the girls
sings well. </em></td>
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<td><em>Every
one of the cakes
is gone.</em>
NOTE: <em>Everyone</em> is one word when it means <em>everybody</em>. <em>Every one</em> is two words when the meaning is <em>each one</em>.</td>
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Rule 9.</td>
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With words that indicate portions—<em>percent, fraction, part, majority, some, all, none, remainder</em>, and so forth —look at the noun in your <em>of</em> phrase (object of the preposition) to determine whether to use a singular or plural verb. If the object of the preposition is singular, use a singular verb. If the object of the preposition is plural, use a plural verb.
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<em>Fifty </em><em>
percent of the pie
has disappeared.</em>
<em>Pie</em> is the object of the preposition <em>of</em>.</td>
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<em>Fifty </em><em>
percent of the pies
have disappeared.
</em><em>Pies</em> is the object of the preposition.</td>
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One-third of the city
is unemployed.</em></td>
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<em>One-third of the people are unemployed.</em>
NOTE: Hyphenate all spelled-out fractions.
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All of the pie
is gone.</em></td>
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<td><em>
All of the pies
are gone.</em></td>
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Some of the pie
is missing.</em></td>
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Some of the pies
are missing.</em></td>
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<em>None</em><em> of the garbage
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<em>None</em><em> of the sentences
were punctuated correctly. </em></td>
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<td><em>Of all her books,
none have sold as well as the first one. </em></td>
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Rule 10.</td>
<td width="442" colspan="2">When <em>either</em> and <em>neither</em> are subjects, they always take singular verbs.</td>
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Examples:</em></td>
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Neither of them
is available to speak right now. </em></td>
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Either of us
is capable of doing the job.</em></td>
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