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1、Subject-verbagreement主谓一致correctionsymbol：s-vWhatissubject-verbagreemenet?Subject-verbagreement(concord)meanstheagreementbetweensubjectandpredicateverbinNumber.number:singularorpluralPrinciples:1.Grammaticalagreement2.Notionalagreement3.ProximityGrammaticalagreement:Theverbmu
2、stmatchitssubjectinnumber:Ifthesubjectispluralform,theverbshouldtakethepluralform.Ifthesubjectissingular,theverbshouldtakethesingularform.e.g.Manygirlscomeontimeeverytime.Everygirlcomesontime.Notionalagreement:Theverbcansometimesagreewiththesubjectaccordingtothenotionofnumber
3、ratherthantotheactualpresenceofthegrammaticalmarkerforthatnotion.e.g.Fiveminutesisashortperiodoftime.Thecrowdwererunningfortheirlives.Proximity:Theprincipleofproximitydenotesagreementoftheverbwiththeheadofthenounphrasethatfunctionsassubject.e.g.EitherJimorIamgoingtotaketheres
4、ponsibility.1.1Whenthenounwhichisusedasthesubjectisfollowedbywith,alongwith,togetherwith,but,except,inadditionto,besides,like,including,morethan,ratherthan,lessthan,aswellas,etc.,weshouldrefertothenoun.Grammaticalagreement1.2coordinationwithandandboth…andsingular—whenrefertoo
5、nlyonepersonorthingplural—whenrefertotwoormorethantwopersonsorthingsGrammaticalagreement1.3Whenaninfinitive,gerundornounclauseisusedasthesubject,theverboftentakethesingularform.Grammaticalagreement1.4Whenthesubjectismodifiedbyeach,everyorno,theverbtakesasingularform.1.5eachof
6、+pron.(pl.),theverbtakesasingularform.1.6Whennoneisusedasasubject,theverbcanbeofasingularform,andcanalsobeofapluralform.Butwhennonereferstoanuncountablething,theverbshouldtakeasingularform.Grammaticalagreement1.7Whensomenouns,suchastrousers,scissors,clothes,glasses,etc.,areus
7、edasthesubject,theverbshouldtakeapluralform.Grammaticalagreement某些名词如clothes,trousers,shoes,glasses等,通常只用其复数形式,但当它们被apairof修饰时,谓语动词用单数。如:Thepairofshoesiswornout.这双鞋破了。Theshoesarewornout.鞋子破了。1.8Somenounsendingwith–sexpressasingularmeaning,suchasnews,physics,economics,theUnite
8、dStates,ArabianNights,etc.GrammaticalagreementGrammaticalagreement1.
