SUBJECT & VERB AGGREMENT
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Each ; Every > Singular noun > Singular Verb
Contoh:
1.
Each book in Gramedia is very
amazing. (singular)
2.
Every Korean man is
cute.
(singular)
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Subjek dengan prepositional phrase, verb singular / plural harus mengikuti
subjeknya, tidak dengan objek preposisinya.
Contoh
:
1.
The boy at the door is my boyfriend. (singular)
2.
The players on the Texas team were disappointed when they lost the semifinal game. (plural)
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Gerund sebagai subjek, verb harus
singular.
Contoh:
1.
Drinking
alcohol is bad for your health.
(singular)
2.
Watching
west movie is enjoying.
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Some of ; A lot of > Singular noun > Verb Singular
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Most of ; A half of > Plural noun > Verb Plural
Contoh
:
1.
Some of milk is required for
taste. (singular)
2.
A lot of tax book is
expensive.
(singular)
3.
Most of oreo were
eaten. (plural)
4.
A half of the students are absent. (plural)
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One of ; Each of ; Every one of
> selalu plural noun > verb singular
Contoh
:
1.
One
of my teammates is handsome.
2.
Each
of the swimmers takes his
turn at swimming.
3.
Every
one of the club members has
his own set of prejudices.
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The number of > plural noun >
verb singular
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A number of > plural noun >
verb plural
Contoh
:
1.
The number of days in May is thirty one.
2.
A number of Seirin members team are going back from vacation.
Exercise :1. The subject you will be studying in this course are listed in syllabus.
2. The proffesor & the student agree on that point.
3. Almost every proffesor & student at the university approves the choice of the new president.
4. Why were Yoko & Alex late for the meeting?
5. Some of fruit in this bowl is rotten.
6. Most of movies is funny.
7. Half of this money is.
8. a lot of clothing in those store is on sale this week.
9. The number of employee in my company is approximately ten thousand.
10. Why were some of the student excused from the examination?
