Timeline for Subject-Verb Agreement
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| Aug 7, 2014 at 2:52 | comment | added | Austin Mullins | @Jasper is 100% correct. It is very common to hear native speakers make this mistake in conversation. English is difficult, especially for English-speakers. | |
| Aug 7, 2014 at 2:18 | comment | added | Jasper | @Ben -- your mistake is "natural", and shows that your grasp of subject/verb agreement is becoming fluent. Most native speakers have to be taught this lesson in elementary school, because they might not learn it on their own. | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 18:42 | comment | added | Austin Mullins | In the subject: Shows masquerading as news programs. In the predicate: making it difficult to compete for ratings. I don't know, the gerund form of the verbs might classify them as phrases. | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 18:35 | comment | added | user8959 | what's the dependent clause? | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 18:32 | comment | added | Austin Mullins | No. There can only be one verb in a clause. Clauses don't have to "agree" grammatically, but it is good practice to match the tense and voice of verbs in compound sentences. This is not a compound sentence. There is one independent clause "Sensationalism is" with one dependent clause in the subject and another in the predicate. It is very confusing. | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 18:25 | comment | added | user8959 | could programs be the verb that agrees with are? | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 18:23 | history | answered | Austin Mullins | CC BY-SA 3.0 |