echo/echoes, to carry/carries, to hurry/hurries, etc. In contrast, the verb to do is actually irregular in its spoken third-person singular conjugation, in addition to having a somewhat irregular spelling. While the verb do rhymes with shoe, its conjugation does does not rhyme with shoes; the verb does rhymes with fuzz. Conversely, the verb to say, while it may appear to be regular based on its spelling, is in fact irregular in its third person singular present tense conjugation: Say is pronounced /seɪ/, but says is pronounced /sɛz/. Say rhymes with pay, but says does not rhyme with pays. The highly irregular verb to be is the only verb with more agreement than this in the present tense. Present tense of to be: In English, defective verbs generally show no agreement for person or number, they include the modal verbs: can, may, shall, will, must, should, ought. In Early Modern English agreement existed for the second person singular of all verbs in the present tense, as well as in the past tense of some common verbs. This was usually in the form -est, but -st and -t also occurred. Note that this does not affect the endings for other persons and numbers. Example present tense forms: thou wilt, thou shalt, thou art, thou hast, thou canst. Example past tense forms: thou wouldst, thou shouldst, thou wast, thou hadst, thou couldst Note also the agreement shown by to be even in the subjunctive mood. However, for nearly all regular verbs, a separate thou form was no longer commonly used in the past tense. Thus the auxiliary verb to do is used, e.g. thou didst help, not *thou helpedst. Here are some special cases for subject-verb agreement in English: Always Singular Indefinite pronouns like one, all, everyone, everything, everybody, nothing, nobody, anyone, anything, anybody, another, etc. are treated as singular.(at least in formal written English) - All's well that ends well. - One sows, another reaps. - Together Everyone Achieves More–that's why we're a TEAM. - If wealth is lost, nothing is lost. If health is lost, something is lost. If the character is lost, everything is lost. - Nothing succeeds like success. Exceptions: None is construed in the singular or plural as the sense may require, though the plural is commonly used. When none is clearly intended to mean no one, it should be followed by a singular verb. The SAT testing