subject-verb disagreement

subject-verb disagreement

/ˌsʌbdʒɪkt ˌvɜːrb dɪsəˈɡriːmənt/

⚠️ Grammar Pitfalls

mismatch between subject and verb number

The list of items are long. (Should be 'is'—list is singular.)

Origin: From disagreement in grammatical number