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careofwording andstructure.Fieldstudiesaboutitis syntax.“Syntaxisthesetof rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure ofsentencesin a given
language”https:en.wikipedia.orgwikiSyntax . In delivering a sentence
andutterance,therearerulesorregulationseveryonemustbeconductedsothat theaimofcommunicationwillbe
acquired.Speaking ofregulationinlanguage, especiallyEnglishlanguage,ithasbeenformulatedandusedasaguidanceto
makesentence. Regulationin language isgrammar.
2.4. Grammar
Grammarispartofsyntaxfieldthatelucidateseverythingabout requiredcomponents to build appropriate sentences. These definitionswill give
more clarficationsof it. Janet 2001:2“Grammaris the set ofstructuralrules
governing the composition ofclauses, phrases, and wordsin any given natural language”.Toaffirmthedefinition,thewriteralsohasquotedfromtheother
source:“Grammaristhesetoflanguagerulesthatyouuse,mostofthetime unconsciously, to create phrases and sentences that convey meaning”
http:www.vocabulary.comdictionarygrammar Those quotations give the
. samedefinition
aboutgrammar,so itcanbesaid
thatgrammar is
likearoute indicatortoguidesomeonesothathisideaandfeelinghetries
tospeak,canbe manifested.Grammarorlanguageregulationconsistsofmany formations.Toget
theanswersofresearch,thewriterhas decided toanalyzesomeofthem,they
are:SubjectVerb Agreement,Singular Plural,ToInfinitive, PassiveVoice, Forms of Adjective, Redundancy, Preposition, ParallelStructure, and Misplaced Word.
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2.4.1. Subject Verb Agreement
Azar1999:10,Subject-verbagreementmeans thatthesubjectandverb
endingsagreeinnumber.Determining singularorpluralendingscanbeconfusing
becausean-sendingonanounindicatesplural,whereasan-sendingonaverb indicates
singular form.For examples: -Thedog barkseverynight. Onedog=singular verb
-Thedogsbark everynight. More than onedog=pluralverb Thesubjectofevery
sentenceiseithersingularorplural,andthat determinestheendingof theverb.
-SINGULAR: -I chew.You laugh.Waterdrips. Timeflies. Hesings.
-Themansittingon thesteps worksin thelibrary. -PLURAL:
-Weknow. Theystretch. Thestampsstick. -Themen sittingon thesteps work in thelibrary.
-COMPOUNDSUBJECTS
Subjectsjoined byand takeapluralverb.For example: -Myaunt and mysistervisit me every year.
Whenthesubjectwordsarejoinedby either... or,neither...nor,ornot only. . . but,theverbagrees with thesubjectclosest to it.For examples:
-Either her brothersor herfather hasthemoney. -Neither her mother nor her sistershave the money.
