Agreement Link
Which elements must match each other?
意味
A coding rule where words change form to match another word's person, number, gender, case, definiteness, or class.
見分け方
Look for forms that change because another word changed.
例
he goes|la casa roja|these books
subject-verb agreement|adjective agreement
The dogs are hungry.
Visual guide
controller -> follower ---------------------- The dogs -> are number: plural matches plural If noun changes: dog -> is dogs -> are
Agreement patterns subject <-> verb: he goes noun <-> adjective: la casa roja det <-> noun: these books Features may match: person, number, gender, case
言語別ビュー
母語の仕組み
Japanese has little grammatical agreement; predicates do not change for person, gender or number.
犬たちはお腹がすいている。
The dogs are hungry.
学習言語では
English agreement is limited but important: third-person singular present -s, be forms, demonstratives, and pronouns.
She walks to work.
walks agrees with she
Learners often omit third-person -s or mismatch this/these and there is/are.
New in your learning language
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