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Re: [en]Proximity Agreement
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Christian Weisgerber
Dec 3, 2023, 2:30:06 PM12/3/23
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On 2023-12-03, Stefan Ram <r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>|Formal grammar requires the verb to agree with the head
>|(subject) of the sentence ("One"), but sometimes, especially
>|in colloquial English, proximity agreement (or "proximity
>|concord") is used, in which the verb agrees with a noun or
>|pronoun that closely precedes it.
Dasselbe Problem wird auch immer wieder in de.etc.sprache.deutsch
und fr.lettres.langue.francaise angeschnitten.
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
>|Formal grammar requires the verb to agree with the head
>|(subject) of the sentence ("One"), but sometimes, especially
>|in colloquial English, proximity agreement (or "proximity
>|concord") is used, in which the verb agrees with a noun or
>|pronoun that closely precedes it.
Dasselbe Problem wird auch immer wieder in de.etc.sprache.deutsch
und fr.lettres.langue.francaise angeschnitten.
--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
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