What I want is/are five cars.

[Kjaadere]

How do I learn advanced subject-verb agreement? (whether to choose "is" or "are") I know the basic rules but many of these examples are tricky to me. Of course I googled "subject-verb agreement" but the explanations don't seem comprehensive to me.

1. What I want IS/ARE five cars.
2. What I say and what I think IS/ARE my own affair.
3. What I say and do IS/ARE my own affair.
4. Jogging and swimming IS/ARE fun.
5. The only solution IS/ARE more frequent meetings.

 

[emsr2d2]

@Kjaadere Welcome to the forum.

You will note that I have left only five sentences in your post. You absolutely CANNOT ask us 90 questions! Also note that I have improved your thread title. Your actual question should appear only in the main body of the post. Use one of the sentences you're asking us to look at as the title.

Where did you find those 90 sentences? You must quote the source and author of any text that is not your own. Is this some kind of homework assignment?

 

[Kjaadere]

I think you misunderstood my question. I didn't ask you to solve these examples. It's a shame that you changed the title. It showed that I wanted to learn the subject-verb agreement and not get a solution.

 

[probus]

@Kjaadere why don't you start by giving your own answers to the five remaining examples? Some of them are quite easy. However, we can't give answers unless and until you answer @emsr2d2's question about your source.

 

[Tarheel]

First, it's subject -verb agreement, not object-verb agreement.

 

[5jj]

It's a shame that you changed the title. It showed that I wanted to learn the subject-verb agreement and not get a solution.

The forum guidelines state "Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed".

 

[jutfrank]

How do I learn advanced subject-verb agreement? (whether to choose "is" or "are") I know the basic rules but many of these examples are tricky to me.

There are no rules to follow. Agreement basically depends on whether you conceptualise the subject as a singularity or a plurality.

Jogging and swimming are fun. = I'm talking about two things.
Jogging and swimming is fun. = I'm talking about one thing.

If you want to look at any particular example, keep to asking about just one sentence at a time.

 

[emsr2d2]

I think you misunderstood my question.

I don't think I did.

I didn't ask you to solve these examples.

I know that. However, the obvious assumption by anyone reading that thread is that you were asking us for the correct option in each sentence.

It's a shame that you changed the title. It showed that I wanted to learn the subject-verb agreement and not get a solution.

I changed the title so that it follows the forum guidelines on titles. Your original title is now the opening sentence of your post so nothing was lost.

You still haven't told us where you found that long list of sentences.