## MAKING WORDS ‘AGREE’ 

## Expanding Your Knowledge 

## 2 

As well as the pronouns in the previous chapter there are a number of other pronouns. Because some of these are singular and some are plural, the verb is often incorrectly used with singular pronouns. Look at the following examples: 

Each of you have been given a pencil. 

Each of you has been given a pencil. 

The second example is correct. ‘Each’ is a singular pronoun and therefore ‘has’ should be used as it refers to one person or thing. Look at the following examples: 

She (one person) has a pencil. (singular) 

They (several people) have been given pencils. (plural) 

Some other pronouns which are singular and should always be followed by the singular form of the verbs are: everyone, nobody, anything, something: 

Everyone comes to the match. 

