语法：一致.ppt

Agreement between component phrase in the relation of person. 1 Agreement between subject and predicate Three Principle Grammatical concord Notional concord Principle of proximity  a) If the centre noun is time, measurement? v single form. Ten dollars is not enough. Three months passes in no time at all on the ranch. b) The centre word is all, most, half, the last, the rest, the remainder. The predicate is determined by the reference these words refer to.  The last of the wine is gone. Tdhe last of the rolls are gone. c) The subject is lots of, loads of, scads of +n, the predicate is determined by the n. after these words. “There’s loads of milk on the farm. There are loads of big red apples on the gound. d)If the subject is “a portion of, a series of, a kind of”+ n, the predicate should take single form. A series of pre-recorded tapes has been prepared for language laboratory use. But after these/ those kind /type of + n pl. The predicate should take plural form. These kind of tests are good. 5) When numeral word is the centre of NP, the predicate can be single or plural. Forty from ninety-five leaves fifty-five. Seventeen times two hundred and eighteen makes three thousand, seven hundred and six. Six sevens are forty-two. Five and five make ten. 6) Many a, more than, one+ n single Many a comrade has sacrificed his life for the revolution. 7) The +adj, if indicate a type of person ?v, plif indicate a concept, ?v. simple The blind are taught trades in special schools. The good in him overweights the bad. 8) Either (neither)+ of+n pl.+v pl. I don’t think either of them are at home. Neither of the children are quite capable of looking after the baby. 2 some compound structure 1) if nouns are connected by and, both…and, +v pl A boy and a girl want to go. Both rice and wheat are grown in that country. If the coordinate subject indicate one person, one thing, or one concept then single form is used. Panclakes and syrupis a tasty