[U]linguisticsthe correspondence between the form of a verb and its subject. In English, only the third person singular, present simple, changes to agree with its subject. Regular verbs add ‘s' to the base form, as in ‘she says he believes it'. The verbs ‘be', ‘have', and ‘do' are irregular, for example in the sentences ‘A thorough search was carried out', ‘It doesn't matter', and ‘The course has given me more confidence', there is agreement between the subject and the verb groups ‘was carried out', ‘doesn't matter', and ‘has given'. (语法上的)呼应,一致(如人称、数等)
[agree with something]linguisticswhen a verb group changesaccording to whether its subject is singular or plural. In English, this affects only the simple present, which adds an ‘s' to the infinitive in the third person singular: ‘I want' but ‘she wants'. The verbs ‘be', ‘have', and ‘do' are irregular: ‘I am', ‘you are', ‘she is'; ‘I have', ‘she has'; and ‘I do', ‘she does'. In the sentences ‘A thorough search was carried out', ‘It doesn't matter', and ‘The course has given me more confidence', the verb groups ‘was carried out', ‘doesn't matter', and ‘has given' all agree with their subjects. (语法上的)与…呼应,与…一致(如人称、数等)
the use of a word or phrase in a sentence which stands for a word or phrase that is used later. An example of cataphora is the use of the word ‘she' in the sentence ‘She was running late, so Sue grabbed a quick sandwich'.
[C/U]linguisticschanges in the form of an adjective or adverb to show that someone or something has more of a quality, such as the change from ‘good' to ‘better' and ‘best' (形容词或副词的)比较(变化)
[T]to state the different forms a verb can have, for example according to the number of people it refers to and whether it refers to the present, past, or future 列举(动词的)词形变化
one of the typical ways in which a language putswords together to make sentences. For example, article plus adjective plus noun (a big house) is a pattern of English, but article plus noun plus adjective (a house big) is not.
the theory of lexical priming suggests that each time a word or phrase is heard or read, it occurs along with other words (its collocates). This leads you to expect it to appear in a similar context or with the same grammar in the future, and this ‘priming' influences the way you use the word or phrase in your own speech and writing.
the fact of coming after the most important word in a noun group (the head) and adding information about it. For example, in the noun group ‘the rules of the game', the prepositional phrase ‘of the game' is an example of postmodification.
the fact of coming before the most important word in a noun group (the head) and adding information about it. For example, in the noun group ‘the best people', ‘the' and ‘best' are examples of premodification.
the structure that a sentence has when you consider only the classes of its words, which may be different when you also consider the meaning of the sentence, as opposed to the logicalrelationships on which this structure is based