In Pronouns^x, Plurals^x

Obviously, there is a difference in meaning between "We insist that he uphold the law" and "We insist that he upholds the law" (the first is stating more of a command and the other stating a belief about the situation), but I cannot figure out exactly why the first one is correct, or how to...

It's unclear what a native teacher is. Do you mean a teacher who is a native speaker of English? In that case you want There are three English teachers at the school. Two are native speakers of English, and one is Vietnamese. As for the general idea of combining adjectives, the...

Anonymous wrote:Interesting...When used as a pronoun, either is normally singular and takes a singular verb: The two surgeons disagree with each other more than either does (not do) with the pathologist. But when either is followed by of and a plural noun, it is often used with a plural verb:...

Interesting...When used as a pronoun, either is normally singular and takes a singular verb: The two surgeons disagree with each other more than either does (not do) with the pathologist. But when either is followed by of and a plural noun, it is often used with a plural verb: Either of the...

Neither and Either are indefinite pronouns, as are: someone anything, nobody, everyone, everybody and everything. Most indefinite pronouns are singular. Examples: Neither is coming to the party. Everyone is included in the list. Some indefinite pronouns are plural: others, all, some, few, many,...

Ahn wrote: Managed properly, a nuclear revival could be a good thing. But the industry and the governments keen to promote it look like repeating some of the mistakes that gave it a bad name in the first place. Is the purple part what omitted 'which is' from "The industry and the governments...

Anonymous wrote:And I am still not sure whether I can use the above 'pattern' for plural pronouns? ("It was/were? we/they who..." and the second one - with 'whom').Yes, don't use the plural:It was they/them who received...It was we/us who received...I included "they" and "we" in the above...

Thank you, Mister Micawber, now the point is clear.By the way, this was why I asked the question: http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/saraWeb?qy=it+was+me+whoAnd I am still not sure whether I can use the above 'pattern' for plural pronouns? ("It was/were? we/they who..." and the second one -...

Very good! Elements ... make; element ... makesIn English there is never a distinction between a singular and a plural relative pronoun, in other words that is correct in both sentences.CB

dear all the question simply if i want to use a plural pronoun for non human what should i use it or they