3-1 corncord

3. pronoun concord Many a girl has / have handed in her their books. *She gives the book only to himself. Some of us should have their / our homework checked. One of us should have their, his, our, my homework checked. *Give you my book.
No dog except these ones is / are able to stand on one leg. The Himalayas is / are the very place that I want to visit. Good and bad taste is / are found in the sample. He is the first of the boys who has / have finished homework. What he needs is / are 2 pens. This pair of shoes you bought is / are not of the same size. Acoustic phonetics is / are difficult for those students. The diggings has / have been eaten by the wolves. American and Dutch beer is / are lighter than that of Britain.
Homework: Discuss on “ Nouns” in group. Try to find simple rules for the usage of number of Nouns.
Ex. for sentence types:
I. Decide whether the followings are correct: 1.My old friend looks as he did five years ago. R 2. Would you like to read here or going out to play with them? W going to go 3. – Does he not major in physics? – Yes. He majors in physics. R
Concord
Concord: subject-verb concord and pronoun concord ## subject-verb concord subject-verb concord refers to the agreement of verb and subject in number. Ex.
1. general Rules:
1) notional principle 2) grammatical principle 3) principle of proximity When to apply which? Which to remember ? Two clowns has / have fallen off the stage. This basket of apples is / are for your sister. Two thirds of the water in the pond has / have been polluted. The man cried because his five dollars was / were stolen. More than one book has / have been written by the boy. A lot of furniture in the building has / have been destroyed by rats. Neither the two brothers nor their father is / are coming. When was / were the United Nations founded? The only means to pass the exam is to listen more.
II. Multiple Choices:
1. Books are to me _____ money is to you. a. who b. what c. that d. whom B 2. ____ naughty a boy he is! a. How b. What c. Very d. Such A 3. They were told not to go to _____ they believed to be dangerous areas. a. any place b. which c. everywhere d. that C 4. Mind that you don’t forget to mail the letters, ____? a. will they b. won’t they c. are you d. won’t you D
5) with unit nouns: (decided by the unit noun) A. a pair of, a piece of, a bar of…. B. a portion of, a series of, a pile of, (only sin. ) C. a kind of, a sort of (often + sin N.) (only sin. ) but, sorts of, kinds of (often + pl. N.) (pl.)

6).clause (still meaning) What he said and did are What he needs are 2 pens. 7) Cleft sentence: It’s I who am going to bring him the money. It’s me that is going to bring him the money.
2. Special points: (try to understand the meaning)
1) collective nouns: a. animate: pl. inanimate: sin. b. as one unit, sin. members: pl. Domestic cattle provide us with milk and beef. All the machinery is left there untouched. 2) the + adj. (often taken as pl.) You own everything, but the poor have no place to live in. 3) the A and B (often as sin.) My father and friend is / are coming soon. ! My father and mother is /are at home. 4). 3/4, 30% of N; all, half, some of N, (decided by N) Eighty per cent of the building was burnt into ruins.
general rules order:
1) principle of proximity: a. or, (either…or, neither…nor..) b. not only… but also c. there be d. !!! No …of (except, but) Ns are / is 2) grammatical principle: a. more than one b. every and every, each and each c. many a …and …, 3) notional principle: if not 1) or 2), then 3) (default)