Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Mini Lesson: Subject Verb Agreement


Mini Lesson:

Recently several students have demonstrated that they could use a review on the grammar concept: subject verb agreement.

Here is a common example of an error made by students:

"Him and his father ran a race."

This is a problem because Him and ran don't agree with each other. They sound funny.

Check:  Him ran a race?  

Nope.

But if you change Him to he, you will see the difference.

Check: He ran a race?  

Yup.

So....

Better:  He and his father ran a race.

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