Pronouns also act like nouns in the realm of verb agreement. For some pronoun questions, you also need to check if the pronoun and its verb agree in number.

	All of the following pronouns are singular: anyone either neither what anything everyone no one whatever each everything nothing whoever These are plural: both many several others few

Here's an example:

Incorrect: Everyone on the project have to come to the meeting.

Correct: Everyone on the project has to come to the meeting.

Referring to the chart above, you'll see that the pronoun "everyone" is singular. Its verb must therefore be singular as well: "has" is correct, not "have".

Incorrect: Neither his bodyguards nor he was were there. ["was" is correct!]

Correct: Neither he nor his bodyguards were there.

As covered in an earlier section of this chapter, the constructions "either... or" and "neither.. .nor" always take the verb form that matches the noun that is closer to the verb. Thus, "were" is incorrect in the first sentence because "he," a singular pronoun, is closer to the verb than "bodyguards," a plural noun; but "were" is correct in the second sentence because the order of the subjects is reversed, so that the plural noun "bodyguards" is closer to the verb.

C. Who vs. Whom

E. Possessive Pronouns