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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2014.12.12.529

Eliminating Exceptional Subject-Verb Agreement rules in English Quantificational structure  

Yi, Jae Il (Dept. of Liberal Education, Semyung University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.12, no.12, 2014 , pp. 529-535 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is to establish the consistency of Subject-Verb agreement in quantifier phrase. Absence of consistency in English grammar is critical to the grammaticality. We focused on the grammar part, specifically, S-V agreement rule in quantifier phrase. We believe the existence of exceptional rules in quantifier S-V structure is not necessary as the basic grammar rule on S-V agreement is sufficient enough and adding exceptional rules just make it more difficult and confusing. We argue specific features indwelt in each quantifier are linked when quantifiers are used pronominally and the ${\pm}$feature plays an important role in quantifier S-V agreement structure. This study shows the solution to eliminate the ungrammaticality in typical English text books by simplifying quantifier S-V agreement to make it solid and systematic.
Keywords
Subject-Verb agreement; Quantifier phrase; Exceptional rules; Q-feature; consistency;
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