Concord - Subject and Agreement

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Concord

(Subject - Verb

Agreement)

~Asya Fadzil~Amir Fakhri~Ira Hasan

~Thila


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A Singular Subject takes a Singular Verb. A

Plural subject takes a Plural Verb.

E.g. He works very hard. (Singular Verb)

They work very hard. (Plural Verb)


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E.g. Tom and his brother work hard.

His Wife and children are in Madras.

When Two subjects areWhen Two subjects arejoined byjoined by andand The Verb isThe Verb isplural.plural.


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When two Singular Subjects are joined by or,

eitheror, Neithernor the subject is

Singular.When two plural subjects are joined by or ,

Neithernor',' eitheror the subject is plural.

Singular Subjects

E.g. John or his

brother goes home every

week. Either he or his wife has to

help me.

Neither the boy nor hissister has passed.

Plural Subjects

Cows or Oxen are grazing inthe field.

Either Oranges or applesare required.

Neither the boys northegirls are reading now.


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When a singular subject and a plural subject

are joined by or , Eitheror , neithernorthe verb agrees with the second subject or

subject nearer to the verb.

E.g. John or his brothers go home every week.

Either the boys or their father

has come.


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When two subjects are joined by as well as, rather

than , more than, as much as the verb agrees with

the first subject.

E.g. The boys as well as their teacher have left.

John rather than his brothers is involved in theactivity.


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A Sentence starts with One of, Each of, Eitherof, Everyone of, followed by a plural noun the

Verb is singular.

Oneof the boys has lost his pen.

Neither of them has passed.

Eachof them is known to me.


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Each,Every,Either,Neither followed by a

noun take a singular verb.

E.g. Each boy works hard.

Each girl has passed the Exam.


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Expressions like Five pounds, Ten rupees, Twoweeks, Three miles etc are singular and take

singular verb.

E.g. Two Rupees is not a big sum.

Twoweeks is not a long time.


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If a sentence begins with a word There it may take

the singular or plural verb according to the number

of the subject.

E.g. There is some coffee in the pot.

There are some apples in the table.


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Certain nouns like deer, sheep,counsel,and

nationality names like Indians ,Africans etc areboth singular and plural.

E.g. A deer is grazing in the field.

Afew Deer are grazing in the field.

A Chinese boy is waiting near the tree.

Afew Chinese boys are waiting for the bus.


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Numerical expressions like dozen, thousand, lakh,million,etc have plural form when they are preceded

by number words.

E.g. Two dozen oranges are packed in this basket.

Five hundred books have been ordered.


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Nouns like Furniture, Machinery, equipment,luggage etc are called Class collectives. They are

followed by a singular verbs.

E.g. The furniture was old and it has to be repaired.

The luggage was carried by a boy.


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Some nounsh

ave plural endings but th

ey aresingular and take singular verb.

E.g. TheNews is too good to be.

Measles is not a dangerous disease.


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Subject names ending in -ics take singular

verb.

E.g. Physics is easy to understand.

Mathematics is hard to learn.


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Things made of two equal parts are always

plural.

E.g. My Scissors are old.

HisTrousers are torn.

MySpectacles are broken.


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Name of a book or is plural it takes singular

verb.

E.g. TheArabian Nights is an interesting book.

GulliversTravels was written by Swift.


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