Breakdown of Руководство решило выразить согласие с нашим планом.
наш
our
план
plan
с
with (also со)
решить
to decide (perfective)
руководство
leadership
согласие
consent
выразить
to express (perfective)
Questions & Answers about Руководство решило выразить согласие с нашим планом.
Why use выразить согласие instead of simply saying согласиться?
выразить согласие is a formal analytical predicate. In Russian, it is very common in official, business, or journalistic contexts to replace a simple verb like согласиться (to agree) with a combination of a 'light' verb and a noun. This makes the tone much more formal and bureaucratic.
Does the phrase выразить согласие change the case of the words that follow it?
No, it works just like the original verb. The verb согласиться requires the preposition с plus the Instrumental case. When it becomes the noun согласие in this formal construction, it retains that exact same case requirement, which is why we see с нашим планом (Instrumental).
Why is the verb решило in the neuter singular form if 'leadership' is made up of multiple people?
Why do we use the perfective verb выразить here rather than the imperfective выражать?
The leadership is deciding to perform a single, completed action (agreeing to this specific plan). Furthermore, after the perfective verb решить (to decide), Russian strongly prefers the perfective aspect for the following infinitive when talking about a specific, one-time choice.
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