Category Archives: Grammar Bites
10 Subject-Verb Agreement Rules
Subject-verb agreement sounds easy, doesn’t it? A singular subject takes singular verb: Tom rides his bike to work every day. A plural subject takes a plural verb: The boys are climbing the walls like caged animals. Yet The Copyeditor’s Handbook … Continue reading
Grammar Bite: Compose vs. Comprise
Which of these sentences is correct? (Hint: more than one may be correct.) Three chapters and a glossary comprise the entirety of the book.Three chapters and a glossary compose the book.The book was comprised of three chapters and a glossary.The … Continue reading
Posted in Grammar Bites
Tagged compose comprise, erin brenner, grammar bite, grammar rules
Leave a comment