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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.52,0:00:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Subject-verb agreement problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.76,0:00:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The usual order for a sentence is subject-predicate.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.44,0:00:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, sometimes the subject is in a different order.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.20,0:00:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the sentence is a question,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.22,0:00:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,begins with 'here' or 'there,'
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.22,0:00:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or starts with a phrase,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.02,0:00:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it helps to rearrange the sentence.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.42,0:00:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at a question.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.57,0:00:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does the newspaper list all the cable stations?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.17,0:00:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we turn it around,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.61,0:00:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the newspaper does list all the cable stations.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.73,0:00:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy to see that newspaper is a subject,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.69,0:00:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does list is the verb.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.37,0:00:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in the first sentence,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.28,0:00:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have newspaper
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.03,0:00:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 'does list,'
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.19,0:00:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does the newspaper list all the cable stations?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.05,0:00:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where are the Seven Wonders of the World?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.20,0:00:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Seven Wonders of the World are where?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.76,0:00:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we have the Seven Wonders of the World as a subject
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.96,0:01:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Are is the verb.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.92,0:01:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When using Here and There,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.23,0:01:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is the cause of our problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.27,0:01:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cause of our problems is here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.40,0:01:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you turn it around,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.36,0:01:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's easy to see that Cause is the subject
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.92,0:01:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Is is the verb.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.58,0:01:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are not enough volunteers at the shelter.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.33,0:01:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We turn it around,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.21,0:01:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have not enough volunteers are there at the shelter.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.42,0:01:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Volunteers is the subject and Are
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.03,0:01:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the verb.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.60,0:01:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're backwards in the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.26,0:01:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,previous sentence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.34,0:01:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes if there's a beginning phrase,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.86,0:01:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's hard to figure out the subject in the verb.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.46,0:01:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Into the swamp,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.47,0:01:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slide the crocodiles.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.07,0:01:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We switch it around,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.97,0:01:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have the crocodile slide into the swamp.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.66,0:01:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That makes it easier.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.57,0:01:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can see crocodiles is the subject,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.17,0:01:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slide is the verb.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.78,0:02:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the ridge ran the deer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.39,0:02:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The deer ran over the ridge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.95,0:02:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy to see deer as the subject,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.27,0:02:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ran as the verb.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.72,0:02:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're backwards in the original sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.04,0:02:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Predicate nouns can also cause trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.76,0:02:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The verb must agree with the subject,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.64,0:02:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the predicate noun.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.03,0:02:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A teenager's favorite food is hot dogs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.42,0:02:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Food is the subject,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.71,0:02:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we use Is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.25,0:02:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we rewrote the sentence and made hot dogs a subject,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.89,0:02:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the verb would be Are.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.05,0:02:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hot dogs are a teenager's favorite food.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.51,0:02:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prepositional phrases also need to be watched.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.78,0:02:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The subject of a verb is never part of a prepositional phrase.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.62,0:02:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ignore the phrase when deciding which verb to use.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.16,0:02:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The number of accidents on this road
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.55,0:02:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been increasing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.43,0:03:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have two prepositional phrases of accidents and on this road.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.99,0:03:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are describing number.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.82,0:03:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number is the subject.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.97,0:03:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, use singular verb has been increasing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.83,0:03:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Antique cars like the Model A cost thousands of dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.07,0:03:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the Model A is a prepositional phrase describing cars.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.78,0:03:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cars is a plural subject,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.62,0:03:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we use plural verb, Cost.