They suffers from malaria. What is wrong with the sentence.
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One of the learners' writing mistakes is subject-verb agreement. For example: If the subject is third person singular you add the suffix /S/ at the end of the verb 1-He suffers from malaria. If the subject is plural, you keep it as it is. 2-They suffer from Malaria. Thank you for your question and keep asking.
They + V-infinitive, so 'suffers' is incorrect. CORRECT: I/YOU/WE/THEY + SUFFER from malaria. He/she/it + V-s. CORRECT: HE/SHE/IT + SUFFERS from malaria.
We use first form of verb when subject is plural. So, here it should be suffer instead of suffers.
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The correct form is ‘They suffer from malaria’
the sentence is about a general truth or fact, so it's in Present Simple Tense. And in this tense the rule is to add -s only to verbs following HE/SHE/IT. The verb following the other pronouns ( I/ YOU/ WE/THEY) is used in its base form. which in this sentence it should be like this: *They suffer* from malaria.
Suffer not suffers
suffer - singular
- Mr. AkkadTEFL, TESOL Certified English teacher teacher
First, "they" is plural and "suffers" is singular because there is "s" at the end. Second, it should be "They're suffering from malaria" if you are talking about a current situation, not a permanent one.
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