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11. Far above the waters of a beautiful lake and over the tops of the tall prime trees growing on the steep of a hill stand five Chinese-style pavilions. 19. Nearing the top, he climbed recklessly faster and faster, his eyes already glowing with triumph, but suddenly he slipped and fell, tumbling to the ground and lying motionless there, a crumpled pile of arms and legs. Fill in the blanks: 1). Much water wasted every day. 2). Three books on the desk. The principle of grammatical concord refers to the rule that the verb must match its subject in number. The principle of notional concord refers to the rule that the verb can sometimes agree with the subject according to the notion of number rather than to the number of the subject Classroom work EX. 2A P. 26 2.3 Problems of concord with collective nouns as subject Collective nouns are single in form, plural in meaning. Police ____ (suspect) local gang. ( only used in plural form) 2. The equipment of the lab___ (be) advanced. (used as uncountable nouns) 3. The family ___ (seem) to be very happy. The family ___ (be ) near-sighted. (used either in plural form or single form) 4. A panel of experts ___ (have) arrived in time. (a communitee /panel/board of ) Classroom work EX. 2A P. 28 Classroom work EX. 2A P. 31 Company Logo Company LOGO Lecture Two  Subject–verb Concord （agreement） 2.1 Guiding Principles is are 2). Guiding Principles (2) Fill in the blank: 1). Two kilometers (be) a long distance for the old man.  is 3). Guiding Principles (3) Fill in the blank: No one except your parents (be ) coming. The principle of proximity denotes agreement of the verb with the more closely preceding noun phrase rather than agreement with less closely preceding noun phrase. are 2.2 Problems of concord with nouns ending in –s; ◆ 1). Mumps ___ (be) infectio