30/11/2025
โ๐ LEARNING MADE EASY: CONCORD #2
โ________________________________________________
โ
โ1. ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐
โ--------------------------------------
โ
โOther rules of ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ are stated below:
โ
โa. 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.
โ
โ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ (๐๐):
โSingular Subject (SS)
โSingular Verb (SV)
โPlural Subject (PS)
โPlural Verb (PV)
โ
โ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ:
โ
โ1. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ {SS} ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ {SV} not border Aliโi.
โ
โ2. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ {SS} ๐ก๐๐ฌ {SV} never occurred to Joanna.
โ
โ3. ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ {SS} ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ {SV} many people hope.
โ
โb. Adjectives denoting a class of people such as โThe helpless,โ โThe hopeless,โ โThe rich,โ โThe motherless,โ are taken as plural subjects, and should attract a plural verb.
โ
โ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ:
โ
โ1. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ก {PS} also ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก {PV}.
โ
โ2. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ {PS} ๐ง๐๐๐ {PV} hope.
โ
โ3. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ {PS} ๐ง๐๐๐ {PV} a voice.
โ
โc. ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ (invariably singular nouns) โ nouns ending with โ-sโ including politics, gymnastics, phonetics, tuberculosis, civics, and statistics, are treated as singular subjects, and should attract a singular verb.
โ
โ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ:
โ
โ1. ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ {SS} ๐ข๐ฌ {SV} an essential subject.
โ
โ2. ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ {SS} ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ {SV} an infectious lung disease.
โ
โ3. ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ {SS} ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ {SV} every man.
โ
โIn the next ๐๐๐๐๐ [ #], we will discuss on more rules of ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐. Kindly contribute and ask questions in the comment section below. Thank you.
โ
โ_________________
โ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ญ:
โ
โ(1) Samuel Ajibiye. (2021). ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ: ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ. Somerest Ventures.
โ
โ(2) Abisola Salako. (2019). ๐๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ (๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ). Bluesign Publications.
โ
โ(3) Latilo T.A. & Beckley A.T. (2008). ๐๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด (๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ). Tonad Publisher Limited.
โ
โโ Vybe Confidence
โ
โ