Central to learning concord is the pluralisation system in English. Nouns are pluralised by adding -s or -es to the words: boy-boys, box-boxes. The reverse is the case with verbs. When a verb takes -s, it is singular and when it does not it is plural: sings-sing, dances- dance.
15 RULES OF CONCORD IN ENGLISH
- A singular noun takes a singular verb and a plural noun takes a plural verb:
The boys sing
The boy sings
Kunle and Bode are here
Kunle is here
- PROXIMITY CONCORD: When ‘either…or’, ‘neither…nor’, ‘not only…but also’ are used in the subject position, the verb agrees with the nearer subject:
Either the boys or the girl is coming today Neither the teacher nor the students are interested in the excursion.
To be continued…
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