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Pleasehelp Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Practice makes perfect!

Gonna practice tennis before the season starts. Or should it be:

Gonna practice tennis before the season start.

Why is it starts, please explain.
  

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The verb must agree with its subject (season). The word "season" is third person singular. The present simple tense adds S to end of the verb in the third person singular.

  • The verb must agree with its subject (season).
  • The word "season" is third person singular.
  • The present simple tense adds S to end of the verb in the third person singular.
  • Thus, this is correct: - I'm going to practice tennis before the season start s .
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The verb must agree with its subject (season). The word "season" is third person singular.
The present simple tense adds S to end of the verb in the third person singular. Thus, this is correct:

- I'm going to practice tennis before the season starts.

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