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    The document discusses proper subject-verb agreement and the use of brackets in research writing. It provides examples of correct and incorrect usage of subject-verb agreement with various phrases. It also discusses plural forms of foreign nouns and the use of brackets to enclose values, inserted text, and parenthetical material.

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    SUBJECT : RESEARCH WRITING DATE : 25 OCT , 2022

    Agreement of subject and verb


    Submitted by : Ali Shimal Kzar
    Supervised by : ASST. PROF : Huda Abd Ali Hattab
    • A verb must agree in number ( i.e., singular and plural ) with its subject ,
    regardless of intervening phrases that begin with subject words as
    together with , including , plus , and as well as.
    • COORRECT : the percentage of correct responses as well as the speed of
    the responses increases with practice.
    • INCORRECT : the percentage of correct responses as well as the speed of
    the responses increase with practice.

    Nouns of foreign origin


     The plural form of some nouns of foreign origin , particularly those that ends in the
    latter a , may appear to be singular and can cause authors to select a verb that
    does not agree in number with the noun.
     CORRECT : The data indicate that Terrence was correct.
     CORRECT : The phenomena occur every 100 years.
     INCORRECT : the phenomena occurs every 100 years.

    BRACKETS
     to enclose the values that are the limits of a confidence interval
     F 95% CIs [—7.2, 4.3], [9.2, 12.4], and [—1.2, -0.5] I
     to enclose material inserted in a quotation by some person other than the original
    H ! writer.
     "when [his own and others'] behaviors were studied" (Hanisch, 1992, p. 24) F U to
    enclose parenthetical material that is already within parentheses (The results for
    the control group [n = 8] are also presented in Figure 2.)

    DO NOT USE BRACKETS :


     to set off statistics that already include parentheses.
     Correct:
     was statistically significant, F(l, 32) = 4.37, p = .045.
     Incorrect:
     was statistically significant (FR, 32] = 4.37, p = .045).
     Incorrect:
     was statistically significant EF(I, 32) = 4.37, p = .045]

    REFERENCE :
    American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American
    Psychological Association (7th ed.). American Psychological Association.

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