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Hi Friends,Trust the weekend has been splendid!Let's consider more of the required agreement between the subject and obj...
27/06/2020

Hi Friends,
Trust the weekend has been splendid!
Let's consider more of the required agreement between the subject and object in our sentences.
The previous post on this topic addressed the agreement between subjects and regular verbs.
However, there is the need to note that, at times, our subject can also be pronouns. The core thing is that the number of pronoun needs to correlate with the form of verb engaged.
(A singular pronoun to a singular verb & a plural pronoun to a plural verb)
Let's consider the following examples:
✔️ I HAVE a box of coconut
❌ I HAS a box of coconut
✔️ She HAS a box of coconut
❌ She HAVE a box of coconut
✔️ He HAS a box of coconut
❌ He HAVE a box of coconut
✔️ We HAVE a box of coconut
❌ We HAS a box of coconut
✔️ They HAVE a box of coconut
❌ They HAS a box of coconut
✔️ You HAVE a box of coconut
❌ You HAS a box of coconut
In essence, what we are trying to explain is the choice of the right form of verb for Proper Pronouns
I HAVE
You HAVE
She HAS
He HAS
It HAS
They HAVE
We HAVE
The same goes with fixing of these Pronouns with regular verbs ( like sing, dance cook etc.)
Let's go with the following examples...
✔️ I SING well on Sundays
❌ I SINGS well on Sundays
✔️ We SING well on Sundays
❌ We SINGS well on Sundays
✔️ You SING well on Sundays
❌ You SINGS well on Sundays
✔️ He/She SINGS well on Sundays
❌ He/She SING well on Sundays
More examples:
✳️ He/she writes, reads, talks, dances, loves, likes, works, buys, sells, posts, rings, celebrates etc.
But...
✳️I/We/You/They write, read, talk, dance, love, like, work, buy, sell, post, ring, celebrate etc.

Hope at least a single person gets an added value from this!

Thanks for stopping by, see you in the next edition!!!
© Afolayan Sarah Oyinlola

CONCORD - SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENTHi friends, Trust you had a great day today.Let's examine a very simple way of attaching...
13/06/2020

CONCORD - SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT

Hi friends,
Trust you had a great day today.
Let's examine a very simple way of attaching the right form of verb to a subject.
Foremost, be reminded that the Subject in a sentence is the "doer'' or "performer" (the noun) of the action (the verb).
Also to be noted is the fact that the Subject does not necessarily need to be human being. It can be an animal, a thing, place etc.
To have a flawless speech/writing therefore, there is the need to ALWAYS use a singular form of verb for a singular noun and a plural form of verb for plural noun.
Let me quickly add that unlike some plural nouns that are identified with the plural marker 's' as we have it in (bags, pens, books etc.) A singular verb is identified by the added 's' while a plural verb does not have an 's'.
Now, let us consider the following:
(examples given are in the simple present):
✔️Ade WEARS a red cap.
❌Ade WEAR a red cap.
✔️Ade and Olu WEAR red caps.
❌Ade and Olu WEARS red caps ( because they are now two, that is, plural Subject).

✔️The parrot SINGS melodiously.
❌The parrot SING melodiously.
✔️The parrots SING melodiously.
❌The Parrots SINGS melodiously ( being two parrots, plural noun/Subject).

✔️Mum SEES all you do.
❌Mum SEE all you do.
✔️Mum and Dad SEE all you do.
❌Mum and Dad SEES all you do. ( Now two people, plural noun/Subject)

✔️ Robert LOVES his wife so dearly
❌Robert LOVE his wife so dearly.
✔️Robert and Anil LOVE their wives so dearly
❌Robert and Anil LOVES their wives so dearly (being plural noun/Subject)

We shall consider more examples on this in a subsequent Post.
Please stay tuned...

If you've got any value in this, feel free to add your own examples in the comment box, like and share.

Till I come your way again...
© Afolayan Sarah Oyinlola

30/05/2020

Comparing Adjectives

The ellipses are used to show the omission of a word or more in a sentence. Such is assumed to be known by the reader.Th...
23/05/2020

The ellipses are used to show the omission of a word or more in a sentence. Such is assumed to be known by the reader.
This punctuation mark is often misused. Some people will put as many dots as they like.
The ellipses are represented by just there (3) dots (...).

23/05/2020

You are welcome to this page!
Here we shall be looking at how to get some of the misused English Language words right. This could be either in speaking or writing.
Although, it is well understood that the English Language now has a lot of varieties or dialects, this notwithstanding should not keep us from following the rule of the language as the original speakers have it.
We come by the misuse due to a lot of reasons, like the mother tongue interference, poor transfer from generations gone by, and more.
However, we aim at correcting these misuses, and hope someone finds this attempt educative, informative and helpful.
Once again, you are welcome.

© Afolayan Sarah Oyinlola

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