 |  English Skills with Readings, 5/e John Langan,
Atlantic Community College
Pronoun Agreement and Reference
Key Terms
| 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, such as both or few, take plural verbs.
| | | | | plural subject | a word or words denoting more than one person or thing that performs the verb or receives the main action of the verb (in passive constructions)
| | | | | singular subject | a word or words denoting one person or thing that performs the verb or receives the main action of the verb (in passive constructions)
| | | | | 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. Ex.: The crinkly lines (plural) around Joan's mouth give (plural) her a friendly look.
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