Tip 3: Agreement or concord (concordancia)

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CONCORD OR AGREEMENT

Concord is very important. If you don´t agree the subjects to the verbs you will never get a pass in the text writing.

To get a pass= aprobar

REMEMBER 1:

This=singular //This advantage is …

These= plural //These advantages are…

In this places  { in those places or in these places)

Much = incontables que son singulares siempre.

REMEMBER 1.1:

Typical uncountable nouns:

ü  Substances: water, air, coffee, plastic, iron, paper

ü  Abstract ideas: life, fun, freedom, heath, time, progress

ü  Activities: work, travel, sleep, football, help, research

ü  Human feelings: happiness, anger, honesty, hope, respect, courage

ü  Groups of items: furniture (mobiliario, furnitures no existe), luggage (equipaje, conjunto de maletas, luggages no existe)

Other super-hyper-mega usual WORDS ( que se usan “mazo” de veces en la comunicación oral o escrita)

ACCOMMODATION, ADVICE, BEHAVIOUR, BUSINESS, CASH, EQUIPMENT,HOMEWORK, HOUSEWORK, INFORMATION, KNOWLEGDE, MONEY, PERMISSION, RUBBISH, GARBAGE, SCENERY, TRAFFIC, WEATHER

Much students   { a lot of students/ many students/ some students/ a few students}

There is/ there was/ there has been/there has to be/ van seguidos de un singular.}

There are/there were/ there have been/ there have to be / van seguidos de un plural.}

There are a big table.  {There is a big table.// There are twenty big tables.}

A help to do  { some help to do)

Los incontables son singulares y no pueden llevar el artículo indeterminado a/an. Llevan “some” que significa con incontables “algo de” y en español puede traducirse por sólo la palabra incontable.

You *lose *a  important time. {You waste (some) time.=  Pierdes o malgastas tiempo.}

I need a Money.  {I need some money.= Necesito (algo de) dinero.}