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Hi StenkaPeople may say what you have written in casual speech but them is not good English in this context Put the things items in order would be better In British English it is very common to use a plural pronoun or verb to refer to a whole that consists of many people even though the actual...

We take a more flexible approach in British English and both ways plural and singular are seen as acceptable It depends on how we are thinking of the group We say the group is when we are thinking of it as one collective thing but the group are when we are thinking the members of the group are...

Mister Micawber wrote When the operator do is used in a question it is the verb that changes not the main verb have or the pronoun referent Do you have the ball referring to you Does he have the ball referring to him Have is peculiar in that it does not always require the do operator Then it...

I just got my Swan back from a friend and here s what he has to say about these group words Michael Swan Practical English Usage 503 1 groups of people In British English singular words like family team government which refer to groups of people can be used with either singular or plural verbs...

My family is spending its vacation in the east I know that here is a difference between American and British English as family is understood either as a collective noun seen as ONE group so verbs and possessive pronouns occur in singular My family is spending ITS vacation in the east Or Family...

When we talk about comparison between people things or actions we can use as or like depending on the structure Like is a preposition which should be followed by a noun or a pronoun Example I m not _like_ my brother As is a conjunction which should be followed by a clause subject verb Example He...

In a title you should capitalise every word except pronouns except when it s I or at the beginning of the sentence verbs preposistions and conjunctions Therefore in your example you only need to capitalise the M in major by the way the way I spelt Capitalise is not a mistake it s without z and...