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Nona The Brit wrote In British English nouns such as team can be treated as either plural or singular Nona I think this is more a question of your ear being accustomed to this type of construction rather than it being good grammar To me also a British native it is unacceptable Nona The Brit...

Anonymous wrote Wonderland Park s gardening team will offer its their them you special growing tips First off you do not need a pronoun at all for this section You1 and their2 are obviously wrong The antecedent of them would be Fan club members while its emphasises that the special growing tips...

Hi I am afraid I phrased my question wrongly I meant to ask about the use of a plural for the past participle A search through the OED gives only 2 results for words ending in eds i e undecideds and intendeds this latter example being quite old Dickens 1838 Webster s matter of factly gives an...

This That These Those are not verbs and therefore do not have tenses They are pronouns This is a word These are words the first is singular the second is plural This These refer to things that are near OR identify something specific This book is very easy to read These books are heavy to carry...

Hi 1 Why do the word jewelry plural form for jewel takes a verb in the singular The jewelry has been sold Jewelry is a singular word that refers to a collection of things like rings necklaces bracelets etc The plural of the word jewel is simply jewels 2 Why in this sentence The gift hasn t been...

Hello Clive Thank you But I have two other questions please 1 Why do the word jewelry plural form for jewel takes a verb in the singular The jewelry has been sold 2 Why in this sentence The gift hasn t been given to Bob is correct to say to Bob Because as it appears after a verb the only pronoun...

Hello Linder I would use plural forms throughout MrP

Grammar Geek wrote Let s see what other people think Which of the following are acceptable Which are outright wrong Situation one Of all the nice young ladies we just met which would be good candidates to join our Tea and Cupcake Society Correct as an interrogative pronoun which is used to limit...

It would make more sense to present these in the reverse order 1 Subject and verb agree in number singular or plural The girl is always boasting girl the subject is singular is the verb is singular The girls are always boasting girls the subject is plural are the verb is plural 2 A relative...

I dont understand these two it seems like abit same and different x_X please help teach me Sighz a The relative pronoun must agree in number singular or plural with the word immediately preceding it Example Incorrect She is one of those girls who is always boasting Correct She is one of those...