美国英语教师做的subject-verb-agreement课件.ppt

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1、WelcometothePowerPointPresentationonSubject-VerbAgreement,theSoreThumbofgrammar!Asingularsubjectdemandsasingularverb;apluralsubjectdemandsapluralverb.Thatisthesimpleprinciplebehindsubject-verbagreement.Thispresentationwillexploresomeofthedifficultieswehavewithsubje

2、ct-verbagreementandprovidesomenotesaboutavoidingagreementproblemsinourownwriting.HyperlinkstotheGuidetoGrammarandWritingareprovidedinthiscolor.Linksbetweensubjectsandverbswillbeshownwithredlines.Indefinitepronounssuchaseveryoneandeverybodyfeelpluraltosomewriters,bu

3、ttheyarealwayssingular—andtakeasingularverb.Everyoneassociatedwiththeprojectisproudtobepartoftheeffort.Someonehastoberesponsible.Don’tbeconfusedbyphrasesthatcomebetweenthesubjectpronounanditsverb—phrasesthatmaycontainpluralwords.Eachoftheprojectpartnersisresponsibl

4、eforwritingachaptersummary.TheverbthataccompaniespronounssuchasallandsomewillbedeterminedbywhetherthepronounisreferringtosomethingthatisCOUNTABLEornot.Someofthestudentsinthecafeteriahavevotedalready.Someofthegrainwasruinedbytheflood.“Students”iscountable,butwecanno

5、tcount“thegrain”;itisonelump,onequantity.Noneisusuallyregardedassingular,butitcanbeusedasapluralpronoun.Noneoftherepresentativeshasindicatedhowheorshewillvote.ORNoneoftherepresentativeshaveindicatedhowtheywillvote.Withfractionalexpressions(fractionsordecimalequival

6、ents),theverbwillbedeterminedbywhatisbeingmeasured:isitCOUNTABLEornot.Two-fifthsofthegrainisruined.One-halfofthestudentswereconvincedthattherewouldbenofinalexamsthisyear.Ofallthereturnswehavecountedsofar,fiftypercentareinfavorofthereferendum.Amajorityofthestudentbo

7、dyisinfavorofaskingtheDeantostayanotheryear.Phrasessuchastogetherwith,alongwith,andaswellasseemtojoinsubjects,buttheydonotworkthesameasand:theyarenotconjunctions.Someofthehayinthebarn,aswellassomemajorpiecesoffarmequipment,wasruinedintheflood.Themajorspendingbillbe

8、foreCongress,togetherwithsomeotherbillsthatareawaitingaction,isgoingtocosttaxpayersplenty.Informalwriting,wheneitherandneitherappearasasubjectalo