I love living in Utah. It is a wonderful place full of good people. One of the draw backs however is the way that people talk. Not that I don't love a little country flair, but sometimes I find,in my writing, that my subject-verb structure is not correct. I am not sure if it is the fact that I have "Utah ear" or that I just never grasped the concept when I was younger, but I could definitely use some improvement in my "subject-verb relationships."
There are two types of disagreements between subjects and verbs. The first one is obvious and is mainly avoidable. This error is based on the rule that verbs must agree with subjects in number. A poor example of this would be the common "it don't" phrase. The problem here is that "it" is singular and "don't" is plural.
The more complex form of disagreement occurs when a noun interferes between the subject and the verb in pronunciation. This mistake is not often apparent to writers or readers unless they are searching for this specific error. An example of correctly following this rule is the following sentence:
"Kara Wolters, together with her teammates, presents a formidable opponent on the basketball court."
Don't get confused. If you follow these simple rules even living in Utah can't stop you from having subject-verb agreements.For a list of other rules and hints please click here.
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