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Subject-Verb Concord-1
Subject-Verb Concord-1
LECTURER:
DR. 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
⚫ Forexample;
⚫ Three yards of cloth is
not enough.
Rule 15: Every + Plural Number Concord
⚫ Forexample;
⚫ 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.