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Use of verbs

Posted by Harman Singh 5 years ago

CBSE > Class 10 > English Language and Literature

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King?Adithya H. M.. 5 years ago

Verb’ is made to agree in number with a norm near it instead of its proper Subject. It is an error. This common error is called the ‘Error of Proximity’. It should be avoided. The verb must agree with its proper Subject. The price of the apples was very high. (✓) The price of the apples were very high. (✗)

Yogita Ingle 5 years ago

A verb must agree with its Number and Person.
In other words, the Verb of a sentence agrees with the Number and Person of the Subject of that sentence.
Error of Proximity
Often, the ‘Verb’ is made to agree in number with a norm near it instead of its proper Subject. It is an error. This common error is called the ‘Error of Proximity’. It should be avoided. The verb must agree with its proper Subject.

The price of the apples was very high. (✓)
The price of the apples were very high. (✗)

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