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    The document provides tips on subject-verb agreement, proper punctuation, and verb tenses in English grammar. For subject-verb agreement, it states that verbs must match subjects in number and certain collective nouns like "either" take singular verbs. For punctuation, it outlines rules for end punctuation, apostrophes, commas, hyphens, colons, and semicolons. For verb tenses, it defines simple, perfect, past, and present tenses and gives examples of how to use each one.

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    The document provides tips on subject-verb agreement, proper punctuation, and verb tenses in English grammar. For subject-verb agreement, it states that verbs must match subjects in number and certain collective nouns like "either" take singular verbs. For punctuation, it outlines rules for end punctuation, apostrophes, commas, hyphens, colons, and semicolons. For verb tenses, it defines simple, perfect, past, and present tenses and gives examples of how to use each one.

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    English Grammar Tips for Subject-Verb Agreement

    Someone or something must be present in a sentence, and that someone or something doing
    the action or being talked about is the subject. Verbs are the words that express the action the
    subject is doing or the state of being the subject is in. Subjects and verbs must agree if youre
    going to get your point across as clearly as possible. Otherwise, you end up with an
    incomplete sentence or a sentence that makes no sense.

    Match singular subjects with singular verbs, plural subjects with plural verbs (I run,
    she runs, they run).
    Amounts of time and money are usually singular (ten dollars is).
    Either/or and neither/nor: Match the verb to the closest subject (neither the boys nor
    the girl is).
    Either and neither, without their partners or and nor, always take a singular verb
    (either of the apples is).
    All subjects preceded by each and every take a singular verb (each CD is mine; every
    one of the cheeses is different).
    Both, few, several, and many are always plural (both/many are qualified; few want the
    job; several were hired).

    Placing Proper Punctuation


    Can you imagine what a sentence without any punctuation would be like? Without proper
    punctuation, it would be unreadable. Knowing when and how to use the period, comma,
    colon, semicolon, and other punctuation marks will make your writing smoother and more
    understandable.

    Endmarks: All sentences need an endmark: a period, question mark, exclamation


    point, or ellipsis. Never put two endmarks at the end of the same sentence.
    Apostrophes: For singular ownership, generally adds; for plural ownership,
    generally add s.
    Commas: In direct address, use commas to separate the name from the rest of the
    sentence. In lists, place commas between items in a list, but not before the first item.
    Before conjunctions, when combining two complete sentences with a conjunction,
    place a comma before the conjunction. If you have one subject and two verbs, dont
    put a comma before the conjunction.
    Hyphens: If two words create a single description, put a hyphen between them if the
    description comes before the word that its describing. Dont hyphenate two-word
    descriptions if the first word ends in -ly.
    Colon: Use a colon after an independent clause that precedes a list and to separate an
    explanation, rule, or example from a preceding independent clause.
    Semicolon: Use a semicolon to join independent clauses in compound sentences that
    do not have coordinating conjunctions (and, or, but, nor, for, so, yet) and commas as
    connectors. Words like however, moreover, thus, and therefore, are often used as
    connectors in these sentences. You can also use semicolons to separate long or
    complicated items in a series that already includes commas, and to separate two long
    or complex independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction if confusion
    would result from using a comma.

    Verb Tense Tips in English Grammar


    Besides showing the action or state of being in the sentence, the verb also indicates the time
    the action or being took place. By learning about the different kinds of simple, perfect,
    past, and present tenses, your speaking and writing will be clear and concise.

    Simple present tense: tells what is happening now


    Simple past tense: tells what happened before now
    Simple future: talks about what has not happened yet
    Present perfect tense: expresses an action or state of being in the present that has
    some connection with the past
    Past perfect tense: places an event before another event in the past
    Future perfect tense: talks about something that has not happened yet in relation to
    another event in the future

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