CONCORD (2)

  1. Many a/an concord: When ‘many a/an’ is used in the subject position, it is followed by a singular noun and a singular verb: Many a man is not responsible at home.
  1. One of concord: When ‘one of’ is used in the subject position, it is followed by a plural noun and a singular verb: One of the students comes from Oyo every day.
  1. Indefinite pronoun concord: Indefinite pronouns like: everyone, everybody, everything, anyone, someone, no one, something, everything attract singular verb: Everybody is looking happy today.

To be continued…

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