Mixed Agreement. Another phenomenon that needs t be mentioned (although it was not specifically addressed in our analysis) is that of mixed agreement. Mixed agreement or “shifts” as Xxxxx (2001:110) called it, is a construction where a shift between singular and plural agreement occurs within a single or an adjacent sentence. In Xxxxx (2001:114), the most frequent shift was a collective noun that occurs with a singular verb and a plural pronoun. For example: “The women’s team received their medals.” In Xxxxx’x study these shifts occurred more often in written AmE than BrE and spoken American English also contained higher rates of shifts (2001:120).
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Samples: Number Agreement, Number Agreement, Number Agreement
