Now that you have worked through a lot of material that includes these basic patterns, and you have compared grammatically correct and incorrect sentences, write down what you think is a rule that could explain what makes a sentence grammatically correct or not. For example, you might write something like: "verbs always match nouns in number, and they usually come before the noun." In other words, make your best guess for the grammar rule that makes sense out of the pattern(s) you see in the phrases you have been working with. Review if you need to, and you might briefly check your hunches against the sentences you have been working with in this or previous modules. Keep in mind that what you're after is your hunch, not a grammar rule from a text book. Now check your hunch with the explanation of this principle in the following pattern.
My hunch for a grammar rule that explains what makes a sentence grammatically correct or not is that the verb agrees with the subject in number and usually comes before the noun or pronoun. To check my hunch, I will review the examples of phrases I have been working with in this and previous modules.
Upon reviewing the examples, I see that the verb consistently matches the subject in terms of number. For example, in the phrase "The cat jumps," the singular subject "cat" is paired with the singular verb "jumps." Similarly, in the phrase "The cats jump," the plural subject "cats" is paired with the plural verb "jump."
Additionally, I notice that in all the phrases, the verb comes before the noun or pronoun. For instance, in the phrase "The dog barks," the verb "barks" comes before the noun "dog." The same pattern can be observed in other examples like "The students study" and "He eats apples."
Based on these observations, my hunch aligns with the grammar rule that verbs agree with nouns in number and usually come before the noun or pronoun.