Concord
Concord
Concord
Rule 1
Rule 2
Rule 3
Rule 5
Many – a concord
When many – a is used, the verb and the noun that
follows must be Singular
E.g
Rule 6
A pair of concord
When “a pair of” is used, the verb must be singular.
For example,
Rule 7
National Concord
National concord is also called collective noun
concord.
A collective noun: is a noun that stands for
many units that constitute that single word.
For example,
Rule 8
Parenthesis
The parenthesis statement is an additional statement
to what has already been said before.
Note A parenthetical statement should not be
considered in choosing the verb that will follow.
E.g
Rule 9
Accompaniment Concord
When any of these following words are used, the
subject of the clause would be the noun and
pronoun that comes before the marker of
accompaniment.top↑
Words like as much as, alongside, as well as, together
with, no less than, in association with, including, like,
with, and in collaboration with, etc
Example 1
Mary, as well as her friends, is ( not are) beautiful.
The answer is, “is” because mary is the noun that
comes before as well as, hence mary is the subject and
it is a singular noun hence a singular verb.
Example 2
The little kids alongside their parents are (not is) here.
The answer is are not is because the little kids come
before alongside. The subject is plural hence a plural
verb.
Rule 10
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Rule 12
Relative Concord
When who, whose, which and that refers to a previously
mentioned noun or pronoun, such noun is a Relative
noun
Example:
Rule 13
Uncountable nouns of concord
Countable nouns are nouns that can be quantified in
units and numbers, that is, are nouns that can be
counted.
E.g chairs, tables, phones, and so forth.
Uncountable nouns are nouns that cannot be quantified
in units and numbers.
E.g water, information, equipment.
Note all uncountable nouns will avoid “s” at the back.
It is wrong to use any of these words below;
E.g informations, clothes, equipments, furnitures,
machineries, datas, advices, evidences, wealths, and so
forth.
Instead, you say a piece of, information, evidence, data,
cloth, equipment, advice, etc
It is wrong to say machineries instead, you say a
machine or two machines.
Other examples of nouns that attract plural verbs are;
Cattle give (not gives) bad odor, and a cow gives bad
odor.
Rule 14
Pluralia tantums
Pluralia tantum are nouns that come in plural forms.
Some of these words have final “s”, while some do not.
However, whenever any of the following forms appear,
it must be followed by a singular verb.
Examples,
Rule 15
Co-ordinate concord
When two subjects are joined together by and, the verb
to be used should be plural.
Examples:
Rule 17
Categorization concord
When a collective name, denoting category (not a
collective noun) is used, the verb to be used must be
plural.
Categories like: the poor, the rich, the wealthy, the
successful, the gifted, the weak, the young in spirit, the
handicapped, the helpless, and so forth. The verb to be
used should be plural.
Examples:
Rule 18
Mathematical facts
When mathematical facts are used, such as
subtraction, multiplication, addition, division, and so
forth, are used, the verb will be any of Singular and
plural, that is, a singular or plural verb can be used
when mathematical facts are used.
Examples:
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Rule 21
All concord
When all appears, it means either everything or all the
people.
When all means everything, the verb to be used should
be Singular but when all means all the people, the verb
to be used should be plural.
Examples:
But;
All is well with me.
In the above sentence, “All” means everything is well
with me hence a singular verb.
All but John are (not is) on the bus. That means, only
John is absent.
Rule 23
You can see that the word James is nearer to the verb
gap than it is near Lawrence, hence, you use singular
verb.
Rule 24