Correct subject-verb agreement

 

 

Subject-verb agreement is using the correct verb in a sentence. You might use tools such as a thesaurus or the synonym checker in an attempt to improve your vocabulary. These tools are not always effective if you do not understand the correct meaning of the suggested verbs. Using the incorrect verb leads to a lack of subject-verb agreement.

With reference to extract 1.5, the phrase ‘cut out’ makes sense, whereas ‘ripped out’ would not have been appropriate in this text though the words have a similar meaning.

 

 

Extract 1:

It has been argued that many psychics use cold reading to make their claims.1 Cold reading is a method employed by psychics whereby they are able to convince the sitter they can read their mind when in reality they are making their claims based on the sitter’s body language2, (Hyman, 2007). Psychics can make a vague and highly general claim and sitters will ask ‘are you sure’ or ‘I can take everything but this’, (Hyman, 2007).3 For this reason, more people should consider whether the psychic should have room for mistakes if they are claiming that the spirit is on the stage talking to them.4 Equally, it may be useful to consider that as noted in the introduction, if these interactions are televised they may appear even more credible as the psychic’s mistakes can be cut out. Fortunately5, this kind of research can help people to approach these situations with less of an open mind.6