Kind of
List
Ø The general rules :
o
Clause
o
Noun
phrase
o
Verb
o
Modal
o
Be
Ø And
Ø Or / nor
Ø With
Ø Collective nouns
Ø Indefinite pronouns quantity phrases
Ø Singular nouns ending in ‘s’
Ø Who – which that
Ø What
Ø There is / there are
Clause : Reading novels is relaxing me.
Noun Phrase : The voice of the students is well.
Noun Phrase : The voice of the students is well.
And :
Tyson and Roy are 5th and 6th grade students
Jam and butter is using in sandwich
Jam and Butter are raising in prize.
Jika ada each / every ‘S’ selalu dianggap
singular.
Every woman and man is entering therapy’s room.
Or / Nor :
Neither Roy nor Sera is in the dinning room
Neither Roy nor Sera drinks in the dinning
room
Neither teacher nor studnts are in the
classroom
With
Noun phrase yang dihubungkan dengan preposisi dgn noun prhase yg lain maka
dianggap singular.
Mrs. Anne together with her students staying in
the class.
Collective Noun
(kata benda yang penyebutannya dijadikan satu),
table and chair = furniture,
soldier and Jendral = army
The army is entering the country.
The government are confused by the economic
issues.
Indefinite Prounouns
(kata ganti yang tidak terdefinisi atau tidak
tentu)
Somebody, someone
Singular Nouns Ending in- ‘s’
Kata benda yang beralkhiran “I,C,S” selalu
singular.
Contoh : mathematics, phycics, statistics
(keilmuan), nama penyakit, nama permainan
Your statistics are inaccurate
The statistics is inaccurate
Dominoes is the only game
The dominoes are on the floor
Who, Which, That
The students who make this mess are in the
canteen
what
What you need is a good test
There is, There are
There’s two men waiting for you
Tetapi dalam penulisan, dalam formalnya selalu
menggunakan ‘the general rules’ / aturan yang benar.
Contoh :
There is
somebody waiting for you.
There are two mens waiting for you.
