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ISSUE:    Philology. Theory & Practice. 2018. Issue 7-2
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FACTORS INFLUENCING THE CHOICE OF THE SINGULAR OR PLURAL FORM OF THE ENGLISH PREDICATE WHEN AGREEING IT WITH QUANTITATIVE-NOMINAL WORD COMBINATIONS

Elena Sergeevna Rogacheva
Moscow City University


Submitted: July 1, 2018
Abstract. The article analyzes the factors supposedly influencing the singular/plural agreement of the English verb-predicate with the subject expressed by the quantitative-nominal word combination. Among such factors the author identifies the factor of animateness, the precedence of predicate, the level of the remoteness of the verb-predicate from the subject. Examples from the modern English fiction serve as factual material.
Key words and phrases:
согласование
подлежащее
сказуемое
количественно-именное словосочетание
условия согласования
agreement
subject
predicate
quantitative-nominal word combination
agreement conditions
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