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Chapter 4 Syntax 4.1 The traditional approach 4.1.1 Number, gender and case 4.1.2 Tense and aspect [For these two sections, please consult materials on traditional English grammar. – icywarmtea] 4.1.3 Concord and government Concord (a.k.a. agreement) may be defined as the requirement that the forms of two or more words in a syntactic relationship should agree with each other in terms of some categories. E.g. in English the determiner and the noun it precedes should concord in number as in this man, these men. And the form of a subject should agree with that of the verb in terms of number i