Subject-Verb Agreement (Concord) — 12 Rules

1. Each, every, either, neither, everyone → always singular. "Each of the boys is present."
2. Either…or / Neither…nor → verb agrees with the nearer subject.
3. As well as / along with / together with / in addition to → verb agrees with the first subject (these phrases are parenthetical).
4. A number of = plural; The number of = singular.
5. One of the + plural noun → singular verb. "One of the students was absent."
6. Two nouns = one idea (bread and butter, rice and curry) → singular.
7. Collective nouns (team, jury, committee) → singular when acting as a unit, plural when members act separately.
8. Uncountables — news, mathematics, physics, politics, economics → singular ("Politics is dirty").
9. Distance, time, money, weight as one amount → singular ("Ten kilometres is a long walk").
10. "The" + adjective for a class of people → plural ("The poor are often ignored").
11. "A pair of ..." → singular even though the noun is plural ("A pair of shoes is here").
12. A relative pronoun (who/which/that) takes a verb agreeing with its antecedent.

हिन्दी: verb से ठीक पहले वाला noun मत देखो — असली subject ढूँढो। "of the …" वाले phrase को हटाकर पढ़ो।