misagreement
misagreement noun: when the number (singular vs plural in subject and verb do not match. or when the tense of verbs in a sentence does not correspond (less commonly used in this sense than disagreement).
Noun
misagreement (countable and uncountable, plural misagreements)
- When the number (singular vs plural in subject and verb do not match. or when the tense of verbs in a sentence does not correspond (less commonly used in this sense than disagreement)
- The misagreement in number (singular vs. plural) between subject and verb is caused by subject number ambiguity, either intrinsic (the subject itself) or extrinsic (the effect of subject modification).2020 "Good Writing Practice: Grammatical misagreement in number," Medical Writing, 29(3): 98-99 (Sept. 2020)
- An apparent agreement that is flawed in its formulation, or entered into with misunderstanding of or inattention to its intent or details
- But misagreements often just come from the desire to agree.2023 "On Misagreement: The trap of yeah," by Jamal Cassim, On Sight (blog), Feb 24, 2023
Forms of misagreement
| plural | misagreements |
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Origin of misagreement
From mis- + agreement or misagree + -ment.
Questions about misagreement
- What does misagreement mean?
- Misagreement means when the number (singular vs plural in subject and verb do not match. or when the tense of verbs in a sentence does not correspond (less commonly used in this sense than disagreement).
- What part of speech is misagreement?
- Misagreement is a noun.
- What is the plural of misagreement?
- The plural of misagreement is misagreements.
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