Rabu, 30 April 2014

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SUBJECT & VERB AGGREMENT
  • Each ; Every     >      Singular noun       >       Singular Verb
Example (the subject is underlined and the verb bolded) :
1.       Each action movies cinema in XXI is very amazing (singular)
2.       Every indonesians food is delicious. (singular)
  • Subject with the prepositional phrase, the verb of a sentence singular / plural must agree with the subject of the sentence, not with the object of a preposition.
Example (the subject is underlined and the verb bolded) :
1.       The girl in the living room is my sister. (singular)
2.    The car at those markets is very expensive 
       Singular subject   plural  must singular
 
  • Gerund  as subject, verb must singular.
Example:
      Eating junk food is bad for your healthy. 
   junk food is singular , so that verb must be “is”
   Playing cars is interesting
¯  cars is plural , so that verb must be “is”

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  • Some of ; A lot of        >       Singular noun         >         Verb Singular
  •  Most of ; A half of       >       Plural noun             >         Verb Plural
Example (the noun is underlined and the verb bolded) :
1.       Some of magazines are him. (singular)
2.       A lot of sains book is expensive. (singular)
3.       Most of candys were eaten. (plural)
4.       A half of the workers are late. (plural)
  • One of ; Each of ; Every one of          >            always plural noun         >         verb singular
Example (the noun is underlined and the verb bolded) :
1.       One of my teammates is late
2.       Each of the divers takes his turn at diving.
3.       Every one of  my brother is bring drink

  • The number of       >     plural noun      >    verb singular
Example (the noun is underlined and the verb bolded)
The number of months in years is twelve.
The number of meat in box is measly
  • A number of           >     plural noun      >    verb plural
Example (the noun is underlined and the verb bolded) :
A number of shoes in markets are expensive

2.       A number of  liverpool football team are going back from vacation.

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