Pidd's Subject Verb Agreement

Treana Penn
English 201B M/W 10-12
May 16 2009

Subject-Verb Agreement Essay

The authors of Stewart Pidd Hates English devote an entire section to Subject-verb Agreements.Stewart Pidd does not have the skills to master subject-verb agreements, because he does not correctly use them. The rule for subject-verb agreements is that the sentence structure must agree. According to Stewart Pidd’s essay “Nothing Ever Changes in Ludville” gives evidence that Pidd incorrectly uses subject-verb agreements.


Pidd makes a verb before subject error. He writes, "There is rumors going around Ludville" (1). His verb and subject do not agree with each other. The rule for subject-verb agreements is that subjects must agree with their verbs. Pidd can fix this error by replacing the singular verb "is" with the plural verb "are". The correct sentence will read, "There are rumors going around Ludville".


Pidd makes a company name error. He writes, "Beaugus Properties are going to buy up the strand and build a huge resort." (1). The company name rule in the subject verb agreement are used as words are singular. Pidd can fix the sentence by removing the plural noun "are" with the singular noun "is". The correct sentence will read, "Beaugus Properties is going to buy up the strand to build a huge resort."

After reading over Stewart Pidd's essay, "Nothing Ever changes in Ludville" shows that Pidd has trouble with using his subject-verb agreements. By correcting his errors, he will find out that he could master subject-verb agreements.