Lecture 2 Subject-verb Concord 英语语法教学课件.pptVIP

Subject-verb Concord (I) Three guided principles of concord Grammatical concord Notional concord Proximity Problems of concord with nouns ending in -s Disease and game names ending in –s Problems of concord with nouns ending in -s Subject names ending in –s Problems of concord with nouns ending in -s Geographical names ending in –s Problems of concord with nouns ending in -s Other nouns ending in -s Problems of concord with nouns ending in -s Other nouns ending in -s Problems of concord with collective nouns as subject Collective nouns usually used as plural Problems of concord with collective nouns as subject Collective nouns usually used as singular Problems of concord with collective nouns as subject Collective nouns used either as plural or as singular Problems of concord with collective nouns as subject A committee of / a panel of / a (the) board of + pl. noun + sing.verb * * If the subject is singular, the verb should take the singular form; if the subject is plural, the verb should take the plural form. The verb agrees with the subject according to the notion of number rather than to the actual presence of the grammatical marker for that notion. The principle of proximity denotes agree-ment of the verb with a closely preceding noun phrase. arthritis（关节炎） bronchitis（支气管炎） rickets（软骨病） mumps （腮腺炎）diabetes（糖尿病） phlebitis（静脉炎） darts （投镖游戏） marbles （打弹子游戏） skittles （九柱游戏）dominoes（多米诺骨牌游戏） draughts（跳棋） physics （物理学） mathemaics （数学） mechanics（机械学） optics （光学） acoustics （声学） politics （政治学） statistics （统计学） economics （经济学） linguistics （语言学） athletics （体育学） tactics （兵法） civics （公民学） electronics （电子学） ethics （伦理学） the United States the United Nations the Netherlands Dream of the Red Mansions The New York Times Names of the institutions, books, magazines, titles, newspapers,etc. 1.Names for things made of two parts: scissors shears pincers glasses shorts trousers