Grammar Rules _ Speak Good English Movement

Subject-Verb Agreement
Countable nouns may take singular or plural verbs.
E.g.
• Our neighbour is singing at the competition tonight.
• Our neighbours are singing at
the competition tonight.
However, uncountable nouns are considered singular and
may take only singular verbs.
Nouns such as luggage, furniture and jewellery are
uncountable nouns and take singular verbs.
E.g.
• The furniture in this house needs to be replaced.
• The apparatus for the next
experiment has been set up.
• My luggage has been checked in.
Uncountable nouns ending with s may pose a problem to
users of English.
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