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PAGE PAGE 5 第一单元 语法部分参考答案 PART III GRAMMAR Subject- Verb Agreement When the subject is compound Reference for the Classroom Activities Summary: A compound subject with and takes a plural verb in most cases, but when it expresses a singular meaning or when each of the singular subjects is considered individually, it takes a singular verb. After a compound subject with or, nor, either…or, neither…nor, not …but, the verb agrees in number and person with the nearer part of the subject. Intervening phrases or clauses not introduced by coordinating conjunctions do not affect the number of a ver