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subject-verb agreement analysis of experience using smartphones and social media
1.
Background
The development of internet technology today is increasing rapidly, because
with the internet all important events in the world can be immediately known
and the delivery of information can be more effective and efficient. Access to
the internet alone means that information can be found even if the position of
the information is in a different geographic area. The internet is currently
also accessible via mobile.
Mobile phones have also undergone many rapid developments from time to
time. The first time a mobile phone is big. This mobile phone has no other
functions than placing and receiving calls, and the available network at that
time is only 1G. the mobile phone of this era can only last one hour for the
talk time and eight hours for the standby period.
Then the course of time began to shrink shape and size of mobile phones,
smaller forms make this mobile phone easy to use. Often the Smartphone is the
time to play. This
smartphone is in addition to making and receiving calls, but also functions
with calendar, address book, world, clock, calculator, notepade, e-mail and
games. The
phone is then delivered with a display and has a vibration function. Furthermore,
together with the development of technology, the phone has the function of
sending and receiving messages, such as internet and network communication that
the more advanced mobile phones can use to access the virtual world via the
internet. Then
the phone comes with music functions and then reintroduced with the camera
function with the passage of time that the phone grows, with a beautiful
design, equipped with wifi.
Next comes the iPhone that introduced the phone with a touch screen of
100%. Design
and interesting multimedia functions make the iPhone much in demand.and then
presence of Android, Android is thick-pitched by Google, this operating system
to match the ability of desktop computers. With
advanced technology capabilities cept or slow mixing mixer will exist of other
smartphones. Then
start the phone with a high-definition screen, the screen are really bright and
sharp.
My experience in the development of this telephone technology, going from
ordinary phones to the iphone and android. At
that moment all mobile phones have the same functionality, so that a variety of
social media brings the world closer. And with the internet
everything is immediately known. From
the start facebook, twitter, instagram, path, line, bbm, WhatsApp can all be
opened and enjoyed via the mobile phone. But many use social media. The
origins of social media were used to communicate, to make friends and to search
for information whenever and wherever it is a bad thing, because of the misuse
of social media, the number of cyber-bully, fraud and abduction via social
media.
Now children almost all have social media nowadays and use them without
supervision by their parents, so that more and more children whose behavior is
not like his age. When
I was a child, there were no social media like this, so the children in the
nineties were not stuck to the gadget yet. I
do not think children today do not feel the games of the past. With
the gadget all children from 1 year have started, so make many children whose
vision is broken and so on. Indeed,
the function of this gadget is very useful to teach children to be more
intelligent and to gain more insight, because everything is accessible via the
gadget. Parental
or adult supervision is very important, restrict the use of gadgets in
children, provide information that is suitable for his age, provide games that
are and can be allowed for his age. Do not free
children with gadgets and social media.
In fact, I believe that social media and gadgets create human nature in
people, they all have access to social media and gadgets that play around them.
When
they meet old friends, for example, they are immersed in their respective
gadgets. Some
are busy playing games, some are busy for status, chatting and so on. Although
the time to gather with old friends is very difficult to do, but many have
wasted the opportunity because of the gadget. And
the other negative consequence is: can ignore something that is mandatory, one
must have the possible duty possible. For
someone who, for example, is a Muslim every day, praying must be a compulsory
worship that can not be ignored. Because a student also has
compulsory learning. Here
social media plays a role in delaying someone's work. Unfortunately,
many students shift their focus to activities on social media. Not
when at home, when students are involved with the students. Then
you can lower your health level, do you think that if social media affects our
health? It
is undeniable that you have to believe because this impact has been proven to
be true after being done by many researchers in the world. If
you pay too much attention to playing social media, this will damage the health
of your eyes. Especially
if you do this late into the night and you can go straight up. It
has never been asked by researchers at Northwestern University, they claim that
the current use of smartphones in the late hours can cause obesity because of
the fact that a person's body will increase.
To prevent such things, we need to look for positive activities, such as
turning off your mobile notification, when you place a notification on your
smartphone, it no longer interferes with your daily routine. You
may find it easier to focus on everyday tasks and not be distracted so quickly.
Then
you limit yourself, so you spend less time on social media on alarms or
stopwatches to control the use of social media. If
you are used to spending your time on social media, you can not rely on social
media. Then
find a new hobby, take a new hobby to fill your free time. Learn
new skills or do something that you always want to do, but never have time. Your
new hobby will keep the head and hand that usually hold the smartphone to open
a social media account. Then
you should be aware of people who love you, status updates with friends and
family members. You
do not have to document everything you've done in life by uploading it to your
social media account. Then
Meet People In Real Life, there are so many ways to measure people in real
life. Join
the club, attend seminars, go around with your good friends and many other
things. Whatever
activities you choose, you will actually make connections with new people and
not in cyberspace.
2.
Theory
Definition
In English
grammar, subject-verb agreement is the correspondence of a verb
with its subject
in person
(first, second, or third) and number
(singular or plural). Also called subject-verb concord.
The principle of subject-verb agreement applies to finite verbs
in the present tense
and, in a limited way, to the past forms of the verb to be (was
and were).
Examples
and Observations
- "A
singular subject needs a singular verb, and a plural subject needs a
plural verb. (Reminder: The verb is the action word in the sentence. The
subject is who or what does the action. . . .)
The girl [singular subject] reads
[singular verb] mystery stories.
The girls
[plural subject] read [plural verb] mystery stories.
Tonya
[singular subject] is [singular verb] asleep.
Tonya and
her friends [plural subject] are [plural verb]
asleep."
(Rebecca Elliott, Painless Grammar, 2nd ed.
Barron's, 2006)
- Agreement
When Prepositional Phrases Come Between the Subject and the Verb
"A prepositional phrase cannot contain the
subject of the sentence. Do not be confused when a prepositional phrase (a
phrase that begins with of, in, between, and so on) comes between
the subject and the verb. In such cases, the object of the preposition appears to be
the subject of the sentence when really it is not. This error can lead to
an incorrect verb choice, as in the three incorrect sentences below.
Incorrect
High levels of mercury occurs in some fish.
Correct
High levels
of mercury occur in some fish.
Incorrect
Water in the fuel lines cause an engine to stall.
Correct
Water
in the fuel lines causes an engine to stall.
Incorrect
Food between the teeth result in decay.
Correct
Food
between the teeth results in decay."
(Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell, Writing
First with Readings: Practice in Context, 3rd ed. Bedford/St. Martin's,
2006)
-
Notes on Subject-Verb Agreement
"Expressions indicating quantity or amount to be considered as a unit
require a singular verb. These expressions often refer to amounts of
money, units of time, or measurements:
Five dollars
is the price of that shirt.
Two hundred
yards is a long way to crawl.
"Nouns plural in form but singular in meaning
require a singular verb:
Mumps
is very uncommon in the United States today.
"A verb is never affected by a subject
complement:
The gift he gave his friend was
books.
( Books is the subject complement.)"
(Gordon Loberger and Kate Shoup, Webster's New
World English Grammar Handbook, 2nd ed. Wiley, 2009)
- Agreement
With Compound Subjects Joined by And
"Compound subjects are composed of several
nouns or pronouns connected by and, or, either-or, or neither-nor.
Subjects connected by and almost always form a plural subject and
demand a plural verb.
Dogs and cats
love to have their ears scratched.
Cream cheese
and tomato are delicious on a bagel.
There are two exceptions to this rule. The first
occurs when a seemingly compound and plural subject comes to be regarded as
singular through popular usage:
Bacon and eggs
is my favorite breakfast.
Corned beef
and cabbage is an Irish tradition.
The other exception occurs when subjects connected
by and describe a single person or thing:
The creator and champion
of the sport is injured.
The cause
and solution to our problems is this.
In the first sentence, the words creator
and champion refer to a single person, so the verb is singular. In the
second sentence, the words cause and solution refer to a
single object or issue. The verb must also be singular."
(Michael Strumpf and Auriel Douglas, The Grammar Bible. Owl Books,
2004)
- Agreement
With Coordinated Noun Phrases
"If the subject contains coordinated noun phrases, the agreement is usually
with the second noun phrase when the two phrases differ in number:
Either Fred or his his cousins are
going.
Either my aunts or my mother is going."
(Ronald Wardhaugh, Understanding English
Grammar: A Linguistic Approach, 2nd ed. Blackwell, 2003)
- Agreement
With Collective Nouns and Indefinite Pronouns
"Nouns such as family, choir, team, majority, minority--any
noun that names a group of individual members--can be treated as either
singular or plural, depending on context and meaning:
The family have all gone their
separate ways.
The whole family
is celebrating the holidays at home this year.
The majority
of our city council members are Republicans.
The majority
always rules.
Other singular-in-form nouns, such as remainder,
rest, and number, also have a plural meaning in certain contexts;
their number depends on their modifiers:
The remainder of the job
applicants are waiting outside.
The rest of
the books are being donated to the library.
A number of
customers have come early.
Some of the books
were missing.
All of the
cookies were eaten.
Notice what happens to the verb in such sentences
when the modifier of the subject headword is singular:
The rest of the map
was found.
Some of the
water is polluted.
All of the
cake was eaten.
The
remainder of this chapter is especially
important."
(Martha Kolln and Robert Funk, Understanding
English Grammar, 5th ed. Allyn & Bacon, 1998)
- Agreement
When the Subject Follows the Verb
"In most sentences, the subject comes before the verb. However, in
some cases, the subject follows the verb, and subject-verb
agreement needs special attention. Study the following
examples:
Over the building flies a solitary flag.
(flag flies)
Over the building fly several flags. (flags fly)
There is a good reason for that deadline. (reason is)
There are good reasons for that deadline. (reasons are)"
(Paige Wilson and
Teresa Ferster Glazier, The Least You Should Know About English, Form A:
Writing Skills, 11th ed. Wadsworth, 2012)
3. Analysis
Note : Underline = helping verb, Bold = Subject, Italic = verb
The first time a mobile phone is big .
because A mobile phone is singular,then the verb must singular, is.
the Smartphone is the time to
play
because the smartphone is singular,then the verb must singular, is.
This mobile phone has no
other functions than placing and receiving calls
because mobile phone is singular, then
helping verb must be singular (has)
they are immersed in their
respective gadgets
Subject They is plural, then the verb must be plural gadget(s)
Because a student also has
compulsory learning
a student is singular, so that helping verb must to singular (has)
all mobile phones have
the same functionality
mobile phones is plural, soo helping verb tor plural is ( have, are or do)
when students are involved
students is plural, and then the verb must be plural (are)
4.
Conclusion
Subject- verb agreement
is a rapprochement between the verb with the subject line in terms of number,
namely : singular or plural. Subjects can be either a noun , pronoun , or
other construction acting as a noun , like gerund and infinitive . Basically,
the singular subject ( single subject ) use the singular verb , while plural
subject ( subject plural ) using a plural verb ( verb plural ). Subject
verb agreement refers to the fact that the subject
and verb in a sentence must agree in number.
In other words, they both must be singular or they both must be plural. You
can’t have a singular subject with a plural verb
or vice versa.
referensi :
https://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/subverag.html
