By Pronouns, Plurals

Whoa! I really didn't know that! You always say "isn't it"... and "this is" even if the pronoun is plural.This is them, isn't it?Is it really odd to say "This is him, isn't he?" Thanks

Anon, what pronoun would you suggest then for something to replace "pens" in the second and third line below? I'm looking for a particular set of drawing pens. Are these the pens you're looking for? Thanks, but no, those aren't the pens I'm looking for. (I agree that "Those ones aren't the...

Hi you! if you are looking for the explanation how to use WAS and WERE here is: you will use Was (the verb is in past form, when you use was you are talking about just 1 person,thing or Animal) for Example: Present Form ...

indefinite pronouns don´t specify a singular or plural antecedent. edited english insists on the singular form. but it is commonly used in the plural like you did. so probably it´s a question of how conservative or formal your writing is supposed to be.

Hello everyone!!! This might be a silly question to ask, but although the phrases such as : ...someone who doesn't live in their own country. Don't let anyone in unless they are people you already know. sound normal to me, when thought twice, I wonder why we use plural pronouns here even...

Tanit wrote: Hi, good question! I was wandering whether a slightly different point of view exists as for the subject of the sentence: He is one that knows the solution to the problem. or He is one of the few that know the solution to the problem. After some...

Zj.frank wrote:Dear all: He is one of the few that knows the solution to the problem. or He is one of the few that know the solution to the problem. Do the two "that"s denote different things? Shall we say that the first "that" denotes "he" while the second "that" denotes "the few"? If...

You really must remember to connect your pronouns - suggestion = it

Cherrypie10 wrote:I can’t think of a better site name before so I’ve decided to name it after the two of my favorite dogs. Cherry and Pie are two of our family dogs, they're the oldest so they're the one whom I love the most.Is that correct? A semicolon keeps it from being a "run-on"...

No. people (as I used it here, and as it is used 99.83% of the time) is plural. It requires a different context to use people as a singular, typically a people, which is indefinite, and neither that nor those is possible as a substitute for an indefinite. Use the pronoun one or another...