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QUY TC I:Hai danh t/i t s t, ni lin bi and th phi theo sau bi 1 ng t s nhiu:- She and I are friends.- Linh and her friend are going to the library.Nu hai danh t din t cng 1 /1 s kin th ng t ch l s t.- The lecture and author is coming to the stage.

QUY TC II:Hai danh t/i t c ni biwith, as well as, together with, along with"accompanied by"th ng t phi ha hp vidanh t u tin th nht:- Duong with herboyfriend is very tired.- His family together with Nam are going on holiday in Ha Long Bay.

QUY TC III:Danh t s tng saueach, everyhaydanh t s nhiu/i t s nhiung saueach ofu hp ving t s t:- Each boy and girl has an English dictionary.- Each of us gets a tin of coke.

QUY TC IV:Hai danh t/i t c ni bngor/not, eitheror/neithernor, not onlybut alsothng t phi hp vi S gn nht:- Either you or your husband is going to the meeting.- Neither I nor you are young.

4. Vi cc t sau:both... and, many, some, a series of (mt lot), few, all,... ==> verb dng ngi th 3s nhiuex:Both she and IarelovelyBoth he and his brotherarestudent

6. Either:bt c ai/ ci g trong haiNeither:khng ai/ ci g trong haiAnother:mt ci/ ngi no khcanybody, anyone, anything, any:bt c,little, much, some==> Verb lun dng ngi th 3 s tex:Either of these (two) boysisdoing his homeworkNeither of these (two) booksisinteresting

QUY TC V:1.A number of nouns + verbs:A number of workers are on strike.

2.The number of nouns + verb (s t):(V 1 s danh t, tuy c hnh thc s nhiu (s) nhng ng l s t, nn ch hp vi ng t s t):+ Danh t ch bnh tt nh: meals, mumps, herpes, rickets (ci xng).+ Danh t ch mn hc (academic subjects) nh: physics, economics, linguistics, mathematics, statistics+ Danh t ch a danh nh: Athens, Algiers, The United States, The Philippines, BrusselsVD:The number of meals has raised, especially in the crowded population areas.+ Trong mt s danh t tp hp, cm t nh lng, vic s dng ng t s t/s nhiu i khi ty thuc vo ngi ni mun nhn mnh n mt tng th hay cc b phn cu thnh tng th .VD:The number of students who have withdrawn from class this quarter is appalling (d s).Dart is/are often played in pubs. (dart = 1 mi phi tiu/ darts: tr chi nm phi tiu)

QUY TC VI:Danh t ch ng ch thi gian, tin bc, khong cch, trng lng th hp vi ng t s t, VD:- Ten tons of rubber is exported to Japan.- Two years is long enough for them to separate from each other.- Five kilometers is too far to walk.

QUY TC VII:1.Phn trm (percentages), phn s (fractions)Phn trm/phn s + of + uncountable noun + verb (s t), VD:Sixty percent of waste paper is recycled.Three quarter of the worlds population lives in bad living condition.2.Phn trm, phn s + of + plural noun + verbs:Half of the students in this class come from the country.Less than fifty percent of students are bad at foreign language.

QUY TC VIII:Gerunds hay infinitives lm ch ng u hp vi ng t s t:- Smoking is bad for health.- To live is to struggle.