Formal Agreement Grammar
In English, defective verbs usually do not show a match for the person or number, they contain modal verbs: can, can, must, must, must, must, should, should, should. The word « agreement », when it refers to a grammatical rule, means that the words used by an author must correspond in number and gender (if any). For more details on the two main types of chords, see the subject-verb chord and the pronoun agreement. But why is this the case? If none means « nobody, not one, » shouldn`t it always be used with a singular verb? Formal agreement states that a couple of singular subjects mate with a singular verb and a plural couple with a plural verb. But the result does not always make sense: although the fictitious chord is more often used in British English than in American English, a certain amount is natural in each variety of English. American style guides, for example, give advice on fictitious suitability for phrases like a certain number of, many, and a sum of. The AMA Manual of Style says:[3] « The number is singular and a number of plurals » [3] (therefore, the number of mosquitoes is increasing, but a number of brands of mosquito repellent products are available) and « The same goes for the total number and a sum of[3] (the total number of volunteers has increased, but a total of 28 volunteers applied [no *a]). It is the same concept that is covered by the Chicago style (16th edition) at « 5.9 mass noun followed by a prepositional sentence »[4], but not all relevant nouns (including the « number ») are mass substanators. Compared to English, Latin is an example of a very volatile language. The consequences for the agreement are: another feature is the concordance in participations that have different forms for different sexes: false attraction seems to work in many grammar exam programs. And many writers, including journalists, seem to have lost confidence and accept car corrections…