Concord/Agreement

Concord/Agreement

Agreement adalah suatu persesuaian atau kecocokan antara subject dan predicate dalam suatu kalimat, apakah kalimat itu berpredicate tunggal atau jamak.

1.      Apabila dua singular subyek atau lebih digabungkan dengan:

·         Either.................or..................Verb

·         Neither..............nor.................Verb

·         Not only.............but also.........Verb

Maka verb-nya menyesuaikan dengan subyek yang setelah or, nor, but also.

Contoh:

-          Neither Jono nor his friends are going to the beach.

-          Either Jono or his friends is very busy today.

-          Not only my uncle but also my couusins are in the office.

2.      Apabila subyek diikuti oleh kata-kata (phrase atau clause) maka predicat (verb) tergantung pada subyeknya tersebut dan phrase atau clause tersebut dianggap tidak ada.

·         Of

·         With

·         Among

·         Together with

·         In addition to

·         As well as

·         From

·         Between

·         Including

·         Accompanied by

·         Along with

Contoh:

-          Bambang, as well as his two cousins, calls me every day.

As well as his two cousins dianggap tidak ada.

Jadi: Bambang………calls me every day.

3.      Apabila Indefinite Pronouns berikut ini menjadi subyek, maka verb-nya selalu singular.

·         Each

·         Someone

·         Anyone

·         Everyone

·         None

·         Another

·         Somebody

·         Anybody

·         Everybody

·         Nobody

·         Neither

·         Something

·         Anything

·         Everything

·         Nothing

·         Either

·         Much

·         Etc.

Contoh:

-          Each (of the man) was tired with his work.

-          Everybody here knows the importance of English.

4.      Apabila Pronouns berikut ini menjadi subyek, maka verb-nya harus selalu dalam bentuk plural.

·         Both

·         Few

·         Many

·         Others

·         Several

Contoh:

-          Several were present at the meeting but few spoke.

-          Many people write a good novel.

5.      A number of + plural noun + singular verb à dianggap jamak

The number of + plural noun à dianggap tunggal

Contoh:

-          The number of people in the room is ninety-two.

-          A number of people have enrolled this course.

Sumber: SSC kelas XII Smt 2