The rule of subject-verb agreement states that verbs must agree with their subjects in number.

The verb must be singular if the subject is a singular noun or he, she, it. A singular verb in the third person ends in -s or -es. The subject and the verb in the following sentences agree in number because both are singular.

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If the subject is we, they, or any plural subject, the verb in the present tense must be plural. Plural verbs do not end in -s. The subject and verb are said to agree because both are ……

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