Subject Verb Agreement

In this case when one subject is singular and the other is plural, “The dog or the cats”, we use verb agrees with the one before the blank.

“Committee” although is a single unit but here it is referring to each member individually as “different lives” so a plural verb will be used.

Singular verb is used with “either.”

The subject of the verb is ‘each and every,’ which is singular: the correct verb choice, then, is ‘hopes.’

When ‘each’ or ‘every’ comes after the compound subject, a plural verb – ‘hope’ – is appropriate.

The movie is the subject and it is singular.

With paired conjunctions such as “either … or” and “not only … but also”, the subject closer to the verb determines whether the verb will be singular or plural such as “instructor”.