Agreement
Consider the sentence ' They is at home'. It is incorrect. There are different components in a sentence that need to agree with each other.
What Does Agreement Mean in Grammar?
'Agreement' (also called concord) means that the person, number, gender, etc. must agree with the related verbs, subjects, predicates, and antecedents. We have different types of agreements in English grammar:
Subject-Verb Agreement
The subject has to agree with the verb. This is very important when it comes to the present simple tense. For example, the third-person singular verb has to be used with the third-person singular subject. Check out the examples:
She
They
Demonstrative-Noun Agreement
Demonstratives must agree with the nouns they are modifying, especially in number. For example, plural demonstratives are used with plural nouns, and singular demonstratives are used with singular nouns.
Noun-Pronoun Agreement
If a singular noun is used, the pronoun has to be singular, and if the noun is plural, the pronoun has to be plural as well. Remember, the important point is that they should agree on person and gender.
Subject-Verb Agreement with Or and Nor
When two or more subjects are linked with each other by the terms or or nor, the verb remains in the singular form. Check out the examples:
Sam
Neither studying abroad
Always-Singular Pronouns and Determiners
Collective Noun-Verb Agreement
With 'collective nouns,' as a single unit we use singular verbs unless you are referring to the members of a collective noun. Here are the examples that can help you understand them better:
The team
The staff
Review
The agreement is the correspondence of different parts of a sentence. There are agreements between:
- nouns and pronouns
- subjects and verbs
- demonstratives and nouns