9 ▫ Polls and interviews show that high school friendships tend to last longer than university friendships. ▫The scientific writings of Edward O. Wilson, Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Dawkins, who continued the debate on Charles Darwin`s genetic issues, are familiar to many high school and university students. ▫The governor`s aides are convinced that the announcement of the inquiry, which comes just days before the registration period expires, should dissuade the governor from running for re-election. ▫The industry`s air pollution has been studied for years, but it is only recently that the harmful effects of noise pollution have been known. 8 Let`s accept certain practices! On scratch paper, correct the following phrases that have object contract errors. All samples were taken from released sats/PSATs. ▫ Although the conference is over, the Mexican representative, like other delegates, declined to comment on the new trade agreement. ▫The results of the survey are less knowledge-related than speculative; the writer gave us more imagination than in fact. 7 9.In sentences beginning with « there are » or « there are, » the subject follows the verb.
As « he » is not the subject, the verb corresponds to the following. There are a lot of questions. There`s a question. 10.Collective names are words that involve more than one person, but are considered singular and adopt a singular verb, such as: group, team, committee, class and family. The team is in training. The Committee decides what to do. The family has a long history. My family could never agree. In some cases, a sentence may require the use of a plural verb when a collective name is used. The crew is preparing to moor the ship. This sentence refers to the individual efforts of each crew member. 11.
Expressions such as .B. with, including, accompanied by, add or not change the number of theme. If the subject is singular, the verb is also. The president travels to India with his wife.