Glossary

compound subject	two subjects separated by a joining word such as "and"; compound subjects generally take a plural verb



indefinite pronoun	a word that refers to people and things that are not named or are not specific; many indefinite pronouns (e.g., one, nobody, nothing, each, etc.) take a singular verb; others (e.g., both or few) take plural verbs.



subject-verb agreement	the correspondence in number between the subject and the verb of a sentence: plural subjects take plural verbs, and singular subjects take singular verbs; (e.g., The crinkly lines [plural] around Joan's mouth give [plural] her a friendly look.)



verb tense	the times shown by verbs (present, past, future, etc.)



Present	I work.



phrase	a group of words that does not have both a subject and a verb

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