Subject and Verb Agreement
Subject and Verb Agreement
Subject and verb agreement merupakan penyesuaian antara subjek dan verb dalam sebuah kalimat yaitu tunggal (singular) dan jamak (plural). Pada dasarnya singular subjek menggunakan singular verb, sedangkan plural subject menggunakan plural verb.
Contph:
1. Riani is busy today
2. Some students are in the library
3. Most of the people work in the farm
Agreement after propositional pharase
Propositional pharase merupakan sebuah frasa dalam sebuah kalimat setelah kata in, on, at, behind, of, to, by, dll. Misalnya in the classroom, to the door, on the table, by the teacher.
Rumus:
- Singular subject + (Propositional pharase) + singular verb
- Plural subject + (Propositional pharase) + plural verb
Contoh:
1. Salah: The key to the doors are in the drawer
Benar: The key to the doors are in the drawer
2. Salah: The doors to the room is locked
Benar: The doors to the room are locked
Agreement after expressions of quantity
Terdiri atas all, most, some yang diikuti proposition of. Maka subjek all, most, some dapat menjadi singular atau plural tergantung pada apa yang mengikuti preposition of.
Contoh:
1. All of the book was interisting
2. All of the books were interisting
3. All of the information was interisting
Agreement after certain word
Certain word merupakan kata-kata yang selalu berbentuk tunggal (singular) secara gramatikal namun mungkin memiliki makna jamak (plural). Misalnya: One, anyone, everybody, nothing, someone dll.
Contoh:
Salah: everybody in library are reading the book
Benar: everybody in library is raeding the book
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