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All righty.Thank you both.If anyone has any further thoughts on this, please post them. Evidently, people have different ideas about what is acceptable.

Actually, while we are on the subject of 2nd person pronouns, I have another question. Why do we say "you are" when referring to a single person? Is it not correct to say "you is"?

Actually, "ye / you / your / yours" were the 2nd person plural forms (also formal) in Middle English. The singular was "thou / thee / thy /thine" The formal "you" became informal and replaced the singular. The nominative "ye" also disappeared. Now,...

Does anybody else wonder why English does not have a second person plural subject pronoun? As an example, suppose you are giving a speech to a group of people and you want to address them as a group. You would be forced to use the singular pronoun, you, with an indefinite adjective like all. At a...

It sounds fine to my ears. It means each member of that type of animal has a long neck. The qualifier "all" is understood. All giraffes have a long neck. But not this - The giraffes have a long neck.

I would NOT say it. If you google it, the plural version returns more than 50 pages I can browse through, while I can only access two pages with the singular version... and this thread and a thread on antimoon are among the first results, and that's a BAD sign.

Thank you, A-Stars!"Usually, the cats have a collar." >> This still means that the cats are sharing one collar. But, if you write: Usually, cats have a collar. - the meaning is changed. By deleting the article "the", "cats" refers to a collective group, and...

Only when it is really obvious, such as an innate characteristic::Male lions have a mane, females do not.Palamino horses have a flaxen mane and tail and a contrasting golden coat.

Thank you both for shedding some light on this!"The key word is 'most'."I suspected as much. What if the sentence is modified by an adverb?"Sometimes, the cats have a collar.""Usually, the cats have a collar.""Often, the cats have a...

You just asked about one of the most difficult things in English... at least for me. It took me a lot of time to understand, and I am still not sure about it.Most families have a TV. Ok.Giraffes have a long neck. Nope... why? Giraffes have long necks. Ok.All computers have a video card. Ok.My...