Subject–verb agreement question

By Mary Morel

Reader’s question: Why do the following sentences have a singular verb when the sentences are about more than one dog?

Being hungry makes the dogs love to eat.
The sound makes the dogs bark.

Answer: The agreement is with Being hungry and The sound, not the dogs.

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