syntax-zpracované všechny přednášky
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conjoins expressing a mutual relationship → also take plural
Your problem and mine are similar. What I say and what I do are two different things.
coordination - each has a different reference
Coordinative apposition with AND
each has the same reference
This temple and memorial to Victorian bad taste was erected in the main street of the
city. (the temple is the memorial; both refer to one entity)
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His brother and subsequent editor of his collected papers was/were with him.
was – the same person (the brother and the editor); were – different people
Asyndetic coordination (without a coordinator)
requires a plural verb
His camera, his radio, his money were confiscated.
Coordination with OR (either..or, neither…nor)
Either the mayor or her deputy is bound to come.
Either the strikers or the bosses have misunderstood the claim.
When one in the singular and the other in the plural – the rule of proximity
Either your brakes or your eyesight is at fault.
Either your eyesight or your brakes are at fault.
Neither he nor his wife has arrived. (have would be possible, but more neutral in this case – treated
more like 'AND')
Coordinative apposition with OR
the verb agrees in number with the first NP
Metalanguage, or words used for describing language, is important for teachers. (identity of reference
-> coordinative appostition)
Words used for describing language, or metalanguage, are important for teachers.
Quasi-coordinators (i.e. prepositions)/coordination
along, with, rather, than, as wel as
The captain, as wel as other players, was afraid.
if there is an ADV in the 2nd NP → verb must agree with the 1st NP