主谓一致--英语语法总结.pptxVIP

What is “subject-verb concord”?;Grammatical Concord 语法一致原则 Notional Concord 意义一致原则 Principle of Proximity 就近原则;3.1 The principle of Grammatical Concord ;Thirty miles seems like a long walk to me. ;3.2 The principle of Notional Concord ;If the reference of the subject is singular, the verb takes the singular form. If the reference of subject is plural, the verb takes the plural form.;It was eleven oclock before the family were all in bed. All was contrary to her expectation. ;The team __________ had their dinner.Fifty dollars __________ a large sum of money for such a poor man like me.;It is futile to discuss the matter further, because neither you nor I am going to agree upon anything today. ;3.3 the principle of proximity ;Either he or I am going. No one except the two girls were crying. One out of five students have passed the exam.;“One of them who were so much after dancing with you yesterday,” she presently suggested. --Thomas Hardy Tess of the DUrbervilles;The form of the subject: grammatical concord The meaning of the subject: notional concord The distance between the head and the verb: proximity;Please note that the principle of grammatical concord is the basic principle, esp. in written English. ;4. Some Pitfalls ;4.1 disease and game names ending in -s ; Marbles ____ (be) of different colors and materials. Darts ____ (be) thrown to the target. ;4.2 subject names ending in –ics ;“With costs being significantly less than they were several years ago, the economics are pretty good,” says George Kadane, head of the company.; His politics _____ different from mine. (is, are) The statistics ____ nothing in this case. (prove, proves) ;politics = political opinions statistics = numerical data;When –ics words take the plural meaning, it has a tendency to go with the definite article or a possessive determiner and refe