Modus Operandi of Sv: Three Generic Rules to Tense and Aspects

Proceedings of ‏The 2nd International Conference on Modern Research in Education, Teaching and Learning

Year: 2020

DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.33422/2nd.icmetl.2020.11.84

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Modus Operandi of Sv: Three Generic Rules to Tense and Aspects

Dr. Ramji Yadav, Nancy Yadav

ABSTRACT: 

As the traditional division of English sentence into Subject(S) and Predicate (VOCA) confuses the global learners, the paper focuses attention on the modus operandi of ultimate nature of Subject-Verb (SV) conjugation which is not only singular or plural but also present or past:

The paper introduces three Exceptions to modus operandi of SV conjugation:     EMO 1. ‘I am / I was’ (indicative mood) is absolute singular whereas ‘You are/You were’ (indicative mood) is absolute Plural. EMO 2. The naked ‘I’ or ‘You’ in spite of being 1^st and 2^nd person singular exceptionally takes plural form of verb (V₁). EMO 3. The absolute ‘I am/I was’ including Singular Subject behaves differently in subjunctive mood: I wish I were in Germany. It is better He prepare (V₁) his speech. Three Generic Rules to finite means of modus operandi of SV are: MO I: All  the ‘-s’ ending forms of Finite Verb – Has, is was, does of auxiliary or action verb V_-s take singular subject to form Tense and Aspects. MO II: The base form of verb (V₁) –  have, be, do including action verb such as put, cut, sing etc. – takes plural subject including I and You. MO III. A: The forms of ‘Do’ reduce the immediate verb to base form (V₁) after the nature of Subject. The MO III. B: The present and past forms of modal verb reduce the immediate verb to base form (V₁) irrespective of the nature of Subject whether singular or plural.

Keywords: repetitive English; modus vivendi; indefinite tenses; three aspects.