新编英语语法教程第五版3 Subject - verb Concord (II)课件.ppt

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1、Lecture3Subject-verbConcord(II)8/4/20211TeachingContents3.1Problemsofconcordwithacoordinatesubject3.2Problemsofconcordwithexpressionsofquantityassubject3.3Otherproblemsofsubject-verbconcord8/4/202123.1ProblemsofconcordwithacoordinatesubjectCoordinationby"and"or"both…and"Itis

2、usuallytreatedaspluralwhenitreferstotwoormorethantwopersons/things,butitissingularwhenreferringtoonepersonorthing.e.g.Baseballandswimmingareusuallysummersports.Yourfriendandadviserhasagreedtolendmehismoney.After"each…andeach…"or"every…andevery…",theverbisalsointhesingularform

3、:e.g.Eachmanandeachwomanisaskedtohelp.Everyflowerandeverybushistobecutdown.8/4/20213Theindefinitepronounsanybody/anyone,everybody/everyone,nobody/noone,andsomebody/someonecombinewithsingularverbforms,eventhoughco-referentpronounsanddeterminersmaybepluralforms.e.g.[Everybody]’

4、sdoingwhattheythinkthey’resupposedtodo.Nobodyhastheirfridgesrepairedanymore,theycan’taffordit.8/4/20214each/every…he/she/theye.g.Atthemomenteachofthegirlswastoobusythinkingaboutherownpersonalsafetytocaremuchabouttheluggage.But“each/every+singularn.…they/their”isrightaswell.e.

5、g.Eachofthestudentsshouldhavehis/theirownbooks.Everymemberbringstheirownlunch.InsuchexamsasTOEFL,thepronounreferringto“nobody/everybody/everyone/someone/somebody/anybody/anyone/noone”canonlybehe/hisinsteadofthey/their.However,asEnglishlearnersitmustbeknownthat“everyone…they”i

6、susedmoreofternthan“everyone…he”.8/4/20215e.g.Everyonewarnedyou,didn’tthey?Hasanybodybroughttheircamera?Noonecouldhaveblamedthemselvesforthat.Everyone/each/eachone/*everyoneofthestudentsshouldhavetheir/hisownbooks.8/4/202162)Coordinationby"or"/"either…or","neither…nor","noton

7、ly...butalso"Heretheproblemisdealtwithaccordingtotheprincipleofproximity.e.g.Mysistersormybrotherislikelytobeathome.Eithermyfatherormybrothersarecoming.Informallywecanhavethefollowinguse:e.g.Neitherhenorhiswifehavearrived.8/4/20217Informalcases,especiallyinexams,“neither”isus

8、edwithsingularverb.e.g.Neitherofthemisbright.Whenusedwithpluralnouns