3.3 Describe the concept of notional subject-verb concord in your own words (2). Provide a fitting example in the form of a clause or sentence
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Subject-verb CONCORD relates to number agreement (singular/plural) between the subject-verb. There are 2 important restrictions to Subject and verb agreement. First, agreement applies when the verb is in the present tense. In the past tense, there is no clear agreement between the Subject-verb, for example, The dog barked all night, The dogs barked all night. Second, agreement applies only to 3rd person subjects. There is no difference, for example, between a 1st person singular Subject and a 1st person plural Subject, for example, I sang all night, We sang all night.
The concept of NOTIONAL AGREEMENT sometimes comes into play: where the verb form is not ascertained by the subject form. Instead, it is ascertained by how we interpret the Subject, for example, The government is considering the proposal, The government are considering the proposal. In the 1st, In government... the subject is construed as a unit that requires a specific verb form. In the 2nd, The subject is... perceived as having a plurality in the government, since it involves a set of individuals
Explanation:
The basic rule of the subject-verb agreement is understood among English speakers: a singular noun takes a single verb, and a plural noun takes the corresponding plural, for example, The student is in the library or The students are in the library.
In the above example, is the 3rd-person singular conjugation of the verb to be which agrees with the subject student; are is the 3rd-person plural conjugation of to be which agrees with the plural subject students. The same rule applies when the construction is inverted, for example, There is a student in the library OR there are students in the library.
However, at times when determining what counts as agreement is not as clear since what may sound like a singular noun is actually plural, or what may sound like a plural noun is really singular. This concept is known as notional agreement, or, notional synesis or concord, examples, nouns which are combined and presented together, Track and field is Rahim's favourite sport, or amounts presented abstractly as unit quantities, say, Fifty dollars is the cost of the application form
It also applicable for nouns which are spelled in a plural form however denote something with a singular nature. This is especially common in nouns referring to study areas such as politics, economics, or civics.
Such instances can also be seen where a plural verb is used with a singular noun since its context and meaning implies a plurality. Such nouns comprise pair, crowd, trio, crew, family, generation, committee, and mob. Examples, The pair were noticed traveling in a red car, The crew were preparing for the movie launch. They are normally singular subject nouns (crew/pair) that are paired with a plural verb (were).
More common are constructions which set aside a singular noun from its plural members, where writers/speakers will often prefer to denote the verb in the plural, for example, A majority of the voters did not support the new law
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