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Concord: Definition: Concord Is The Agreement Between Sentence Elements
Concord: Definition: Concord Is The Agreement Between Sentence Elements
Definition:
Concord is the agreement between sentence elements.
1. Different types
+) S – V concord He/ She agrees. I agree.
A. Grammatical concord
a) S_V
S singular + V singular (V-s/was)
The boy/ He likes football.
b) S_C
c) S_O
He injured himself
d) Pronoun
B.Notional concord
Definition: The verb agrees with the idea of plural rather than the
actual singular form of the noun
* S = collective nouns
* With either...or...
Eg: The hammer and the sickle was flying on top of the building.
Eg: His lawyer and former college friend, Max Weber, was with him at
his death.