agreement after certain words

1. AGREEMENT AFTER CERTAIN WORDS
Certain words are always grammatically singular, even though they might have plurals
meanings. For example:
Everybody in the teacher is watching the film attentivelly
We understand that "Everybody" really means that a lot of people are watching the film, but
the word is grammatically singular because it means a group of people; so, we must write the
verb as a singular (is). The following chart lists the grammatically singular words that have
plural meanings:
SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT AFTERCERTAIN WORDS
These words or expressions are grammatically singular,so they take singular verbs:
Anybody
Anyone
Anything
Everybody
Everyone
Everything
Nobody
No one Nothing
Somebody
Someone
Something
Each (+ noun)
Every (+ noun)
Subject and Verb Agreement
Subject and Verb Agreement
Subject and verb agreement adalah persesuaian antara subject dalam hal number, yaitu :
Singular (tunggal) dan plural (jamak). Subject dapat berupa noun, pronoun, atau konstruksi
lain yang berakting sebagai noun, seperti gerund dan infinitive. Pada dasarnya singular subject
(subject tunggal) menggunakan singular verb (kata kerja tunggal), sedangkan plural subject
(subject jamak) menggunakan plural verb (kata kerja jamak).
Contoh :
 Riani is busy today.
 Genta and Zafran are busy today.
 Some students are in the library.
 Most of the people work in the farm.
A. After PrepositionalPhrase
Jika antara subject dengan verb dipisahkan oleh prepositional pharase (dua atau lebih kata
yang diawali oleh preposition), prepositional phrase ini tidak berpengaruh terhadap verb. Yang
perlu diperhatikan adalah apa subject kalimatnya. Jika subject-nya singular maka verb-nya juga
harus singular , sedangkan jika subject-nya plural maka verb-nya juga harus plural.
Singular subject + (prepositional phrase) + singular verb
Plural subject + (prepositional phrase) + plural verb
Contoh :
 The study of languages is very interesting. (singular subject) (mempelajari bahasa sangat
menarik).
 Several theories on this subject have been debated. (plural subject) (beberapa teori tentang
subyek ini telah diperdebatkan).

2. B. After Expressions of Quantity
Expression of quantity terdiri atas all,most,some yang di ikuti preposition of. Maka,
subjek all, most, some dapat menjadi singular atau plural tergantung pada apa yang mengikuti
preposition of.
Example :
Most ( of the meal) was delicious
Most ( of the meals) were delicious
Most ( of the food) was delicious
C. Agreement after inversion
The gramatikal subjek memiliki sejulah karakteristk yang akan di bahas.
Subyek-Verb Inversi
Dalam kalimat deklaratif subyek datang ebelum kta kerja:
Ktika mengubah ini menjadi sebuah pertanyaan ya/tidak, subyek kata kerja masing-masing
berubah tempat.
Inversion : is he fine?
Jika kata kerja bantu hadir, namun subjek berubah tempat dengan auxiliary tersebut:
Declarative: they have studied English
Interrogative: have they studied English?
Dalam interrogative, subyek masih datang sebelum kata kerja utama, tapi setelah auxiliary
tersebut. Hal ini berlaku juga pada introgatif-tambahan do:
Deklaratif: mereka telah belajar bahasa inggris
Tanya: apakah mereka telah belajar bahasa inggris?
Subjek verba inverse mungkin adalah metode yang paling dapat di andalkan untuk
mengidentifikasi subjek kalimat.
D. After Certain Words
Kesesuaian antara subyek dan Kata kerja dengan Certain Verb :
Certain Verb Example (contoh)
One (orang, kamu, Anda) One must knock the door before entering
someone’s house.
Anybody (seseorang, siapa saja, setiap
orang)
Anybody who is interested in may come.
Anything (sesuatu) She didn’t say anything.
Anyone (seseorang, siapapun, setiap
orang)
Anyone must be able to do it.
Everyone (setiap orang) Everyone has the right to vote.
Everybody (setiap orang) Everybody says, “NO” to drugs.
Everything (segalanya) Everything is OK.
None (tak seorang pun) None hates her.
Nobody (tak seorang pun) Nobody is perfect.
Nothing (tak sesuatu pun) That criminal says nothing.

3. Someone (seseorang) Nothing is new. Someone wants to see
you.
Somebody (seseorang) Somebody was here an hour ago.
Something (sesuatu) There is something to eat in my bag.
E. Pronoun Reference
Pronoun agreement adalah persesuaian antara Kata Benda dan Kata Kerja dengan Kata
Gantinya yang menduduki sebagai Subject-Object-Possessive Adjective-Possessive Pronoun-
Reflexive Pronoun.
The Position Of The Pronoun In A Sentence
Subject Object Possessive
Adjective
Possessive
Pronoun
Reflexive
Pronoun
I give She gives me
For me
My car is new It is mine
Mine is blue
I do it myself
I Me My Mine Myself
You You Your Yours Yourself
He Him His His Himself
She Her Her Hers Herself
It It It - Itself
We Us Our Ours Ourselves
They Them Their Theirs Themselves
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