Plural verbs

Welcome to A2K, Mark.

The verb "barks" is singular because it agrees with the subject "dog" which is also singular. In other words, one dog barks; two or more dogs bark.

I am personally opposed to plural verbs. One verb per sentence is all i can handle.


Mack, "barks" is not a plural when it is a verb. The noun bark (the skin of tree) could be a plural by adding an "s"--but the verb to bark is simply conjugated in that manner

I bark
Thou barkest
He, she, it barks
We bark
You bark
They bark

Mark, pay little heed to that barking dog because he seldom bites.

Setanta, you are such an imp.

OK, Boss, serious answer:

To bark is a regular English verb (as opposed to an irregular verb, such as to be). The first person singular and all of the plural persons form the present indicative by simply using the simple verb of the infinitive form. The second person singular (never used in modern English) forms the present indicative by adding -est or -st, depending upon the phoneme which ends the verb. The third person singular forms the present indicative by adding -s.

To think

I think
Thou thinkest
She thinks
We think
You think
They think

To tie

I tie
Thou tiest
She ties
We tie
You tie
They tie


As simple as pie . . .

Thanks very much