subject-verb disagreement
/ˌsʌbdʒɪkt ˌvɜːrb dɪsəˈɡriːmənt/
mismatch between subject and verb number
subject-verb disagreement in a sentence
“The list of items are long. (Should be 'is'—list is singular.)”
Origin of subject-verb disagreement
From disagreement in grammatical number
Related Words
parallel structure error
breaking parallelism in a series
dangling modifier
a modifier that doesn't logically attach to anything in the sentence
misplaced modifier
a modifier too far from the word it modifies
split infinitive
placing an adverb between 'to' and the verb
comma splice
joining independent clauses with only a comma
fused sentence
joining independent clauses with no punctuation