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30/11/2025

‎🌈 LEARNING MADE EASY: CONCORD #2
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‎1. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝
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‎Other rules of 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 are stated below:
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‎a. When a clause functions as a subject in a sentence, it [the clause] is treated as a singular unit and therefore, it attracts a singular verb.
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‎𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞 (𝐍𝐁):
‎Singular Subject (SS)
‎Singular Verb (SV)
‎Plural Subject (PS)
‎Plural Verb (PV)
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‎𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬:
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‎1. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 {SS} 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 {SV} not border Ali’i.
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‎2. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 {SS} 𝐡𝐚𝐬 {SV} never occurred to Joanna.
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‎3. 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 {SS} 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 {SV} many people hope.
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‎b. Adjectives denoting a class of people such as ‘The helpless,’ ‘The hopeless,’ ‘The rich,’ ‘The motherless,’ are taken as plural subjects, and should attract a plural verb.
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‎𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬:
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‎1. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 {PS} also 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 {PV}.
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‎2. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 {PS} 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 {PV} hope.
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‎3. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 {PS} 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 {PV} a voice.
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‎c. 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐬 (invariably singular nouns) — nouns ending with ‘-s‘ including politics, gymnastics, phonetics, tuberculosis, civics, and statistics, are treated as singular subjects, and should attract a singular verb.
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‎𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬:
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‎1. 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 {SS} 𝐢𝐬 {SV} an essential subject.
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‎2. 𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬 {SS} 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬 {SV} an infectious lung disease.
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‎3. 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 {SS} 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 {SV} every man.
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‎In the next 𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 [ #], we will discuss on more rules of 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝. Kindly contribute and ask questions in the comment section below. Thank you.
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‎𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭:
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‎(1) Samuel Ajibiye. (2021). 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩: 𝘈 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩. Somerest Ventures.
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‎(2) Abisola Salako. (2019). 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 (𝘈 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦). Bluesign Publications.
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‎(3) Latilo T.A. & Beckley A.T. (2008). 𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 (𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯). Tonad Publisher Limited.
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