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LECTURER:
MR. JONATHAN ESSUMAN
INTRODUCTION
For example:
She goes to school on Mondays
They go to school on Mondays
Rule 2: Subject and Object Concord
For example:
NOT
Everybody knows their name.
Rule 3: The Principle of Proximity
For example;
For example;
For example:
A pair of scissors lies on the table.
Rule 8: Indefinite Pronoun Concord
For example;
Everybody likes him.
Rule 9: Relative Concord
For example;
One of the farmers who plant on the farm
has been asked to withdraw.
Rule 10: Accompaniment Concord
For example;
For example:
The poor need help from the government.
The young are disobedient.
Rule 14: Plural Number Concord
For example;
Three yards of cloth is not
enough.
Rule 15: Every + Plural Number Concord
For example;
Every ten liters of oil bought
come with a bonus of an extra
liter.
Rule 16: All Concord
For example:
Club: is a collective noun for members, so, we can also
say, members of this association.
Our club meet ones in a week.
CONT’D.