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What is the subject verb agreement in this sentence? There are never enough discipline on the playground ; someone always is getting hurt

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In the sentence "There are never enough discipline on the playground; someone always is getting hurt," the subject-verb agreement is incorrect.

  1. Subject-verb agreement issue: The subject "discipline" is singular, but the verb "are" is used, which is plural. To correct this, you can change "discipline" to "disciplines" (if considering multiple types of discipline) or change the verb to "is" to match the singular subject.

  2. Corrected sentence:

    • If you want to stick with "discipline" as a singular noun: "There is never enough discipline on the playground; someone is always getting hurt."
    • If you want to use the plural form: "There are never enough disciplines on the playground; someone is always getting hurt."

The second part of the sentence "someone always is getting hurt" is correct as "someone" is singular and takes the singular verb "is."

So, the main correction needed is in the first part of the sentence regarding "discipline" versus "are."