In Pronouns^x, Plurals^x

Thank you, Clive. Actually the reason I ask this question is because when I read my grammar book, it says when we are trying to use multiple personal pronouns, we should follow a set order: singular: You, he and I are classmates. (second person, third person, first person) plural: We, you...

Exceptions to what? :DAnyway, the verb in the first part of the sentences is singular because "someone" and "nobody" are singular. In the second part, "they" is used as a sex-neutral pronoun, and since it is plural, the verb is as well.

Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...

1. Do not place a phrase or clause:A. in a sentence. B. at the beginning of a sentence. C. at the end of a sentence. D. too far from the word it is meant to modify.Answer D. 2. In every sentence, the subject must agree with the:A. object of the preposition. B. verb. C. intervening expressions....

English really needs another pronoun for cases like this! Traditionally, if the gender was unknown, the masculine pronoun would be used. In a grammar book from 50 years ago, your examples would most certainly use "his." Today this would still be considered grammatically correct, but...

I see what you're saying. As CoolBreeze pointed out, client and company are singular...but then the writer used a plural pronoun (they). I would have edited out "they." I would have used the name of the client in place of "our client" if possible. Then I would have said...

Mine is of course a first person singular pronoun, corresponding to I. However, it is used to refer to both singular and plural nouns:This book is mine.These books are mine.In most languages a plural pronoun must be used with a plural noun. Cf. Swedish:min bok = my bookmina böcker = my booksCB

I agree with your analysis regarding the character of the two dictionaries. If change equal degradation, English was ruined hundreds of years ago. There are countless examples of that: the use of the auxiliary do in questions and negations, the use of s as a nearly universal plural ending, the...

The questionof 'whoever' being sing. or plural depends on its use in the sentence, and if it is qualified by a noun in apposition:Always singular: Whoever is here can pick up a form. = Whoever is it that is here.../It does not matter who the person is, he or she can pick up a form. ...

North American English is very strict on this. If the subject is singular (as is list), then the verb must be singular. An American therefore must say England IS winning and the crew (or team) IS on board. mr steve