Lecture 3
Subject-Verb Concord/Agreement (II)
3.1 Problems of concord with a Coordinate Subject
① Coordination with “and” or “both…and”   Coordination is usually treated as plural when it refers to two or more than two persons/things:  The fishing and the hunting in Arizona were good that year.  Both Pauline and Bob have gone fishing on Miramar Lake.  Rain, hail and wind have caused an estimated $22,000,000 damage to crops and livestock.
① Coordination with “and” or “both…and”
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