What are common subject-verb agreement mistakes in business communication?
Common mistakes include treating collective nouns incorrectly ('The data are' vs. 'The data is'), compound subjects ('Neither the manager nor the employees was' should be 'were'), and intervening phrases obscuring the real subject.
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Subject–Verb Agreement
Match singular and plural subjects with the correct verb form.
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