By American English, Pronouns

The airport custodial staff, which (A) hasn't been working under contract for a year, (B) are thinking about (C) striking if management (D) doesn't agree to salary increases. I think (B) should be corrected to is thinking because in American English "staff" is considered a...

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

If this sentence originated in the U.S., then failure to make the number (that is, the singularity or plurality) of the pronoun (in this case "their") match the number of the noun (in this case ''seller") is the result of what is termed "political correctness."...

Hey Del, it was you who reminded me of this! I read your post in the thread "I'mma", where you wrote "I'm a buy me a new coat" as an example. I started to think about "I'm a buy myself a new coat"... So I decided to open this thread, to know more about those sentences, with a normal pronoun (me)...

Hi,I think "so can mine" is ok. "Mine" is a pronoun, so you can use it like it's a normal noun, as a subject."Neither do I" is ok. I think "Neither have I" is ok too in British English, but not common in the United States (American English).Just my opinion...

Khoff wrote:Yes, you're right -- in these examples it should be "every day." It's written as one word when used as an adjective : "he was wearing his everyday suit, not his best suit." Sorry I didn't catch it before.Hi KhoffI think your signature should be amended as follows because I've read...

Do is not used:1. With be (except imperatives):Were you late?Is he walking now?But: Don't be a fool!2. With the defective auxiliaries (can, could; will, would, shall, should; may, might, must; ought):Can he swim?Will they come as well?Would you have said that?3. With have, has, had when they are...

Ms. Birch has been working for the Internet provider which is now involved in a case of leaking customer information. Lcchang asks: Can I use 'who' instead of 'which' if I view the Internet provider as 'people' ? I was thinking of the Internet provider as a company. That's why I said it could...

Persona Grata wrote:One should take care of one's health. One should take care of his health. One should take care of oneself's health. In my book, The first sentence is used in British. You will be understood in the US, but it's definitely not the most common way of expressing that...

One should take care of one's health. One should take care of his health. One should take care of oneself's health. In my book, The first sentence is used in British. The second one is used in American english. but i think the third sentence is correct grammatically. Because when the...