Affirmative & Negative Agreement
19. Affirmative & Negative Agreement
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Affirmative agreement
Affirmative agreement: Affirmative Sentence āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāĻā§ Affirmative agreement āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤
Rule-1. Agreement āĻāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠first clause āĻ āϝ⧠tense āĻŦāĻž verb āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§ second clause āĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻ tense āĻŦāĻž verb āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Example: a. I am happy and you are too/also. b. My wife is happy and so am I.
Rule 2. Principle clause āĻ compound verb āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§ auxiliary + āĻŽā§āϞ verb āϝā§āĻŽāύ- will go/ should go/has gone/have done etc āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞā§, āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠clause āĻ āĻļā§āϧ⧠auxiliary verb āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻ tense āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
a) Affirmative sentence (modal/aux),+ and+ subject + auxiliary(only)+ too/also
b) Affirmative sentence (modal/aux),+ and+ so + auxiliary(only )+ subject
Example : a. They will participate in the game and I shall too / also.
b. They will work in the lab tomorrow and so will you.
Rule 3. Principle clause āĻ only main verb āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻļā§āϧā§āĻ āĻŽā§āϞ verb
a. Affirmative sentence (only main verb), + and + subject + do, does, or did +too/also.
b. Affirmative statement (only main verb), +and + so + do, does or did + subject.
Example: a. Many want to go home, and we do too /also. b. She took pictures, and so did I.
Negative Agreement
Negative Agreement: Negative Sentence āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāĻā§ Negative agreement āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤
Rule 4: Negative agreement āĻ āĻāĻāĻ āϰāĻāĻŽ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§ā§ clause āĻāϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠either āĻŦāĻž neither āϝā§āĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšā§ā§āĨ¤
Negative agreement, +and+ Subject +negative auxiliary or be +either / Neither + positive auxiliary or be + subject.
Example: Either- He won’t be here today, and his sister won’t either. / Neither- My friend does not like terrorism, and neither do I.