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1、Subject-verb Concord1.Two hours _ enough for me to finish the work.2.Clothing _ badly needed in this flooded area.3.“News of victories _(keep)pouring in as our army advances.”he said.4.Great Expectations _ written by Charles Dickens in 1860.5.The police _ looking for the missing child.isiskeepswasar
2、e6.His family _ a great one.7.His family _ all music lovers.8.Not every means _ useful.9.Not all means _ useful.10.It was late,but the audience _ increasing.11.The audience _ all moved to tears.isisarearewaswereProblems of concord with nouns ending ins1.Disease and game names:singular Diseases:arthr
3、itis,bronchitis,rickets,mumps,diabetes Exceptions:measles,rickets:either singular or plural Games:darts,marbles Exception:cards:plural ButBut when darts and marbles are used to refer to the physical objects,they are plural nouns.eg.Marbles vary in kind and quality.Problems of concord with nouns endi
4、ng ins2.Subject names ending in ics:singular physics,mathematics,mechanics,optics,acoustics,politics,statistics,economics,linguistics,athletics,tactics But But some such nouns are treated as plural when used in other senses than subject names.eg:Economics is a required course for all the students.Th
5、e economics of the project is still being considered.Problems of concord with nouns ending ins3.Geographical names:plural the names of archipelagos,mountain ranges,straits and falls eg:The Himalayas have a magnificent variety of plant and animal life.Exceptions:country names are treated as singular
6、eg:the United States,the Netherlands Problems of concord with nouns ending ins4.Other nouns ending in s 1)Names for things made of two parts:plural scissors,pincers,glasses,shorts,trousers,suspenders,tongs,pliers But when they are preceded by such unit nouns as“a pair of”and“two pairs of”,the number
7、 form of the following verb is determined by the number marker of the unit noun.eg:One pair of scissors isnt enough.Two pairs of pliers are missing from my tool box.Problems of concord with nouns ending ins4.Other nouns ending in s 2)Nouns usually taking plural endings:plural archives,arms,clothes,c
8、ontents,eaves,fireworks,goods,minutes,morals,remains,stairs,suburbs,thanks,wages 3)Nouns ending in-ings:plural clippings,diggings,earnings,filings,lodgings,surroundings,sweepingsProblems of concord with nouns ending ins4.Other nouns ending in s 4)Nouns whose singular and plural number share the same
9、 form.They are treated as plural when used in the plural sense,or vice versa.barracks,headquarters,means,series,species,works eg:A new species of mammal has been found.Altogether,about 450 species of flatfish are known.Problems of concord with collective nouns as subject1.Collective nouns usually us
10、ed as plural police,people,militia,cattle,poultry,vermin2.Collective nouns usually used as singular foliage,machinery,equipment,furniture,merchandise,clothing,jewellery,baggage3.Collective nouns used either as singular or as plural audience,committee,class,crew,family,government,public4.a committee
11、of,etc+plural nounProblems of concord with a coordinate subject 1.Coordination with“and”and“bothand”1)Coordination that is singular in form but plural in concept is treated as plural.eg:Good and bad tasted are inculcated by example.What I say and think are no business of yours.Problems of concord wi
12、th a coordinate subject 1.Coordination with“and”and“bothand”2)If the noun phrases in a coordination by“and”have“each,every,or many a”as determiner,its treated as singular.eg:Every boy and every girl in this room is entitled to a copy.Many a man and woman in this community finds himself or herself in
13、 need.Problems of concord with a coordinate subject 3.Subject+as much as etc If a subject is followed by a noun phrase introduced by“as well as,rather than,more than,no less than”,the predicate verb is determined by the subject itself.eg:Some of the workers as much as the manager were responsible fo
14、r the loss.His brother rather than his parents is to blame.Problems of concord with a coordinate subject 4.Subject+as well as etc If a subject is followed by a noun phrase introduced by“as much as,in addition to,with,along with,together with,except”,the predicate verb is determined by the subject itself.eg:The manager with some workers was working during the holidays.No one except two girls was late for dinner.