Jawaban dari soal ini adalah sebagai berikut:
There are ten rules mentioned below:
1. Singular subject must be accompanied by a singular verb, plural subject must be accompanied by a plural verb.
2. Prepositions that come after the subject do not affect the verb.
3. Some subjects are always counted singularly, the example is
'indefinite pronouns' like somebody, everyone, everybody, etc.
4. Subjects connected with 'and' are counted as plural. However, the verb for the subject connected with "or" and "nor" adjusts after "or" and "nor".
5. 'There' and 'here' are not subjects. The subject usually comes after the verb.
6. Collective nouns can be singular or plural, depending on their use in the sentence.
7. Words that express time, money, size and weight of an object are included in the singular subject.
8. Some nouns look like plural, but are actually singular. (mathematics, physics, etc)
9. The words Don't and Doesn't have to match the subject. Use don't for 'I, you, we, they' and doesn't for 'he, she, it'.
10. The verb in the form of to be “were” can be used in any sentence to show a condition of contrast/presupposition, no matter the subject is singular or plural.
Perintah dari soal adalah menyebutkan berapa banyak aturan dalam subject-verb agreement serta sebutkan apa saja aturannya.
Dalam subject-verb agreement, terdapat 10 aturan. Berikut adalah aturannya:
1. Singular subject (subjek tunggal) harus diiringi oleh singular verb (kata kerja tunggal), plural subject (subjek jamak) harus diiringi oleh plural verb (kata kerja jamak).
2. Preposisi yang terletak setelah subjek tidak mempengaruhi kata kerja.
3. Beberapa subjek selalu dihitung tunggal, contohnya adalah
'indefinite pronoun' seperti somebody, everyone, everybody, dan lain-lain.
4. Subjek yang dihubungkan dengan ‘and’ dihitung jamak. Namun, kata kerja untuk subjek yang dihubungkan dengan “or” dan “nor” menyesuaikan setelah “or” dan “nor”.
5. 'There' dan 'here' bukan subjek. Subjek biasanya terletak di belakang kata kerja.
6. Collective noun (kata benda kolektif) bisa saja tunggal ataupun jamak, tergantung dari penggunaannya di dalam kalimat.
7. Kata-kata yang menyatakan waktu, uang, ukuran dan berat suatu benda termasuk subjek tunggal.
8. Beberapa kata benda yang nampak seperti jamak, namun sebenarnya tunggal. (mathematics, physics, etc)
9. Kata 'Don’t' dan 'Doesn’t' harus selalu sesuai dengan subjeknya. Gunakan don’t untuk subjek I, you, we, they dan doesn’t untuk he, she, it.
10. Kata kerja dalam bentuk to be “were” bisa digunakan dalam kalimat apa pun untuk menunjukkan kondisi kontras/pengandaian, tidak peduli subjeknya tunggal atau jamak.
Jadi, jawaban yang tepat adalah:
There are ten rules mentioned below:
1. Singular subject must be accompanied by a singular verb, plural subject must be accompanied by a plural verb.
2. Prepositions that come after the subject do not affect the verb.
3. Some subjects are always counted singularly, the example is
'indefinite pronouns' like somebody, everyone, everybody, etc.
4. Subjects connected with 'and' are counted as plural. However, the verb for the subject connected with "or" and "nor" adjusts after "or" and "nor".
5. 'There' and 'here' are not subjects. The subject usually comes after the verb.
6. Collective nouns can be singular or plural, depending on their use in the sentence.
7. Words that express time, money, size and weight of an object are included in the singular subject.
8. Some nouns look like plural, but are actually singular. (mathematics, physics, etc)
9. The words Don't and Doesn't have to match the subject. Use don't for 'I, you, we, they' and doesn't for 'he, she, it'.
10. The verb in the form of to be “were” can be used in any sentence to show a condition of contrast/presupposition, no matter the subject is singular or plural.