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Subject-Verb Agreement

Dr Sampath Goud

05/08/2017 2 0 View Comments

We must use singular verbs with singular nouns, even if the noun is collective.

Wrong: The team of Indians were the best in the tournament.

Correct: The team of Indians was the best in the tournament.

Also Correct: The Indians were the best in the tournament.

Wrong: The collection of papers from the library were stolen.

Correct: The collection of papers from the library was stolen.

Also Correct:

The papers from the library were stolen.

Reason: The subjects "team" and "collection" are singular because there is only one "team of Indians" and one "collection of papers" in each sentence. Although these are collective nouns, representing a group, they still take singular verbs in common English usage.

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