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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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predicate subject mismatches

can someone please explain this too me
  

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It means a violation of the agreement between the subject and the verb (predicate) in the clause: The clause He works has a grammatical agreement between the subject He and the predicator works whereas * He work doesn't hence the mismatch.

  • It means a violation of the agreement between the subject and the verb (predicate) in the clause: The clause He works has a grammatical agreement between the subject He and the predicator works whereas * He work doesn't hence the mismatch.
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It means a violation of the agreement between the subject and the verb (predicate) in the clause:
The clause He works has a grammatical agreement between the subject He and the predicator works whereas *He work doesn't hence the mismatch.

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