English Grammatical Concord

English grammatical concord is very important for correct English usage.This article focuses on the correct verbal agreement between subject and its verb. First let us look at the types of nouns. We have common nouns which are those names that are common to things or people of the same sort. There are abstract nouns which are nouns that depict state, action or quality for example, poverty,knowledge,strength,length and so on.We have collective nouns which are nouns that belong to a group.In other words a collective noun is a group noun for example,family, crowd,flock and herd.
English grammatical concord means the agreement between the verb and its subject in number and person.There are different types of concord as shown in the following sentences.
Grammatical concord.
The men are here. If two or more items are connected by ' and' a plural verb is used. For example,The man and his pet have been seen.The secretary and the accountant are here. But when they refer to the same person use singular.The secretary and the accountant is here. Bread and butter is favourite breakfast.They are eaten together as one meal.
Concord with correlative conjunctions
The correlative conjunctions often used to join subjects are, ' as well as, together with, along with,
either...or, neither... nor' . For example, the carpenter as well as his apprentice is here. The lawyers as well as the judge are here. In the preceding sentences the verb agrees with the first subject. Chibuzo together with his children is here.This means that Chibuzo is here with his children. Again the children with their father are here.This means that the children are here with
their father.