The document provides guidance on subject-verb agreement in present tense sentences. It discusses maintaining agreement when the subject comes before or after the verb, with collective nouns and nouns ending in 's', and with various types of compound subjects and indefinite pronouns. Examples are given to illustrate proper subject-verb agreement in different contexts.

2. I am the Iguana Editor-in-Chief, and I’m here to provide you with grammar relief, I’ll help with your usage, mechanics, too If you just watch my slides, (which I made is the zoo). I usually eat flowers ot little fruits, though I’ll scarf down just about anything nice, But I also munch run-ons or gnaw that pesky comma splice. I dig up errors by their roots: usage, mechanics. Never mice. Although widely known as an herbivore, the truth is I really love sentences more. So what are the rules for pronoun use? (Really quite simple: they’re not obtuse!) Number agrees—like ‘he’ or ‘it’ for nouns that are single— Proper pronoun reference makes my dorsal spine tingle.

3. Each pronoun must have a clear antecedent: a ‘they’ is people—two or more. An ‘it’ or a ‘that’ or ‘this’ refer to one idea or thing, unless you’re hell-bent on rule breaking. What about spelling? Does that count, too? Yes! Use spell-check and master a rule, or two. Make sure proper nouns start with capital letters. Surely, you wish to impress your ‘betters’ ! The role of editor is subtle, but sure: fix mistakes big and small on an edit barrage, and disappear, like I do, using camouflage. c. N. L. Craven

4. Subject/Verb Agreement Created by Dionne Irving Edited by Nancy Craven This week’s Iguana Editor-in-Chief lesson is on:

15. Bye now, and Happy Editing Iguana see you on the Net!