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Angliholic wrote Avangi wrote Me too Maybe it s a gringo thing or a doctor thing risk factors How many of these are you at risk for I hear it a lot because I m at risk for all of em Doctors are too busy to worry about grammar Hi what do you mean by a gringa thing A Edit Sorry I got that wrong...

Anonymous wrote The first one is definitely wrong Once you have most of YOU you cannot refer to the you as they If you wrote instead most if not all do not bother to check the spelling and grammar of the sentences then you could use they write Exactly Keep the same subject pronoun

Grammar Geek wrote Can t we just say that because English lacks a non gender specific singular third person personal pronoun that applies to people we don t like being called it and because attempts to invents such a word have been unsuccessful we sometimes use the plural form to avoid implying...

Anonymous wrote Hi TEO What is NP I googled it for grammar and thousands of refrences come up They all assume as you do that we know what it is Thanks for your reply Hi Anon NP noun phrase What Teo answers to his own question is that spend time on noun phrase is an acceptable construct as long...

Hello Anon 1 Was it them who told you about the concert yesterday 2 Was it she you were talking about In BrE I would expect to hear 1 but not 2 where her would be more likely than she Some speakers would prefer the subject pronoun in both examples however i e they and she Best wishes MrP

I believe that wrong usage of whom and certain pronouns in the wrong positions is a natural consequence of there being no actual strong pattern to their usage outside of grammar books Haitch is seen as a kind of low level thing to say isn t it Other examples posted here all seem more like...

I don t think between you and I can be blamed entirely on hypercorrection It s been attested since at least 1596 before English grammar was taught in school Nowadays it might be partially due to hypercorrection but I think something else is going on namely something to do with how conjoined...

It s not a matter of grammar it s a matter of style Transcription people probably have their own style for this People do not speak grammatically and to speak as though giving a direct quote but actually changing the pronouns is probably not that uncommon The two primary rules of style are 1 be...

Hi GG Thanks Grammar Geek wrote They keep you in the dark they don t tell you the truth Yes that s what came to my mind too But then I started to wonder if normal pronouns could sometimes be used instead of the reflexive ones Does anyone ever use me or you where myself or yourself would be...

Solomon_13000 wrote Are the sentence below correct in terms of grammar verbs nouns and so on that are italic Adjective They say that Simon is the strongest man in the fitness club He is the strongest man on earth That is the strongest building in the city Neither Joan nor Jamie wanted the plate...