


The team captain, as well as his players, is anxious about the upcoming game. The people who listen to that music are all fans of country music. The verb agrees with the subject, not with a noun or pronoun in the phrase. Do not be misled by a phrase that comes between the subject and the verb. His friends and the boy runs to school every day.Ĥ. The boy or his friends run to school every day. When a compound subject contains both a singular and a plural noun or pronoun joined by or or nor, the verb should agree with the part of the subject that is nearer (closer) to the verb.

When two or more singular nouns or pronouns are connected by or or nor, use a singular verb.ģ. When the subject of a sentence is composed of two or more nouns or pronouns connected by and, use a plural verb.Ģ.
