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To avoid making mistakes in subject-verb agreement followed by prepositional phrases, you must not mistake the object of the preposition for the subject. Remember that a verb agrees with the subject not the object.
Repeated interventions on the currency markets has failed to prevent the value of the currency failing. (error)
Repeated interventions on the currency markets have failed to prevent the value of the currency failing. (correct)
("Intervention." Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Ne. 2009)
"Markets" is the object not the subject
The campaign of violence and intimidation against them intensify daily. (error)
The campaign of violence and intimidation against them intensifies daily. (correct)
("Intimidation." Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Ne. 2009)
"Violence and intimidation" is the object not the subject.
Any hesitation on the part of the government will be seen as weakness.
("Hesitation." Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Ne. 2009)
An immediate result of the war was a breakdown of law and order
("Immediate." Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Ne. 2009)
Fighting around the capital has intensified in the last few hours
("Intensifier." Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Ne. 2009)
Repeated interventions on the currency markets has failed to prevent the value of the currency failing. (error)
Repeated interventions on the currency markets have failed to prevent the value of the currency failing. (correct)
("Intervention." Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Ne. 2009)
"Markets" is the object not the subject
The campaign of violence and intimidation against them intensify daily. (error)
The campaign of violence and intimidation against them intensifies daily. (correct)
("Intimidation." Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Ne. 2009)
"Violence and intimidation" is the object not the subject.
Any hesitation on the part of the government will be seen as weakness.
("Hesitation." Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Ne. 2009)
An immediate result of the war was a breakdown of law and order
("Immediate." Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Ne. 2009)
Fighting around the capital has intensified in the last few hours
("Intensifier." Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Ne. 2009)
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