Agreements with auxiliaries

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Catherine's Grammar Explanation: Agreements with auxiliary verbs:

Hello Onur! That's very good. Keith keeps the conversation going by agreeing with everything Joyce
says.
Keith: Yes, it really does… No Joyce, there isn't…
His agreements are very short, because he uses auxiliary verbs. Let’s look at the first one.
Joyce: Oxford Street gets so busy these days.
Keith: Yes, it really does.
Keith agrees by saying yes, with a subject pronoun and an auxiliary verb. The subject is Oxford Street,
so the pronoun is it. Joyce's sentence has a main verb, so the auxiliary is does. Listen:
Joyce: Oxford Street gets so busy these days.
Keith: Yes, it really does.
Listen to another one.
Joyce: But all the shops are selling the same stuff!
Keith: That's true Joyce, they are.
This time the subject is the shops, so the pronoun is they. And Joyce uses an auxiliary, so Keith uses it
too.
Now to agree with negative sentences, we start with No, and we use the subject pronoun with a
negative auxiliary. Listen to this one:
Joyce: There isn't any variety any more!
Keith: No Joyce, there isn't.
So that’s yes for positive agreement, no for negative agreement, and you need a subject pronoun and
auxiliary verb.
Ok, that's all from me. Good luck with your grammar challenge!
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