Universal #294

Legacy number: 294

 Number  293
 Original  In all languages: if the verb agrees with the direct object, it agrees with the subject as well.
 Standardized  IF the verb agrees with the direct object, THEN the verb agrees with the subject.
 Formula  verb agreement (DO) ⇒ verb agreement (SUBJ)
 Keywords  verb agreement, direct object, subject
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Vardul’ 1969, referring to Uspensky

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Cf.#85, see also related ## 293, 45.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf.<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=85"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, see also related <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=293"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=45"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">