Affirmative & Negative Agreement

19. Affirmative & Negative Agreement

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Agreement-Rules

Affirmative agreement

Affirmative agreement: Affirmative Sentence āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ Affirmative agreement āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤

Rule-1.  Agreement āĻāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ first clause āĻ āϝ⧇  tense  āĻŦāĻž  verb āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇ second  clause āĻāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āχ  tense āĻŦāĻž  verb āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇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…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž auxiliary + āĻŽā§āϞ verb āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ- will go/ should go/has gone/have  done etc āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇, āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ clause āĻ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ auxiliary verb āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋāχ āĻāĻ•āχ tense āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāĻŦ⧇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…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āχ 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 āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ Negative agreement āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤

Rule 4: Negative agreement āĻ āĻāĻ•āχ āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ clause āĻāϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇  either āĻŦāĻž  neither āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡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.