| agreement |
| Definition - When words have the same number, gender, case, or person. |
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Example - (1) In We are a family the subject We and the verb are in agreement. (2) In We is family they are not in agreement. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - The term's first citation is from 1669: "The agreement of words together in number, gender, case, and person, which is called concord." (Milton Gram. ii. Concords (1847) 468/1) |
