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Knowledge
- The subject of a sentence is connected to a verb, and the subject and verb must match in number, case, and person.
Skills
- Identify subject-verb agreement when a sentence is interrupted by a prepositional phrase.
- Identify subject-verb agreement in a sentence with inverted word order.
- Identify subject-verb agreement when the subject is an indefinite pronoun.
Understanding
- Authors should ensure subject-verb agreement in all sentences, including those with interrupting prepositional phrases, inverted word order, and indefinite pronouns.
Vocabulary
- Subject-verb agreement
- Prepositional phrase
- Inverted word order
- Indefinite pronouns
