Search results for 'tag:Promotions tag:Nouns' matching tags 'Promotions' and 'Nouns'

How to use "Everyone" as singular

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:54:23 GMT

Hi,

I have a query about using the word "Everyone" grammatically in sentences.

I want to know

"Everyone who worked with Heather personally congratulated her on her promotion and told her how much they enjoyed her company."

Is this sentence correct?I know that the word "they" in the above sentence is wrong as Everyone is a singular pronoun and it needs a singular to agree in the sentence.

but can anyone please tell me how to correct the above sentence ?
Im confused about which word or phrase to substitute for the word "they" .

Re: promise VS pledge

AlpheccaStars — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:22:47 GMT

The reflexive pronoun in sentences with "pledge", "commit" is added for extra emphasis. It can be omitted.Â

In "promise", it has a different meaning:

I promised myself a special treat if I won the prize.

John promised himself a new car if he got the promotion.

Re: Please help me with infinitive clause

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:52:11 GMT

Grammar is a descriptive process. Linguists look at a language and describe how it works.
However some Linguists describe things differently to others. The end result is usually the same, but the way they organise it, and what all the parts are call varies.
eg some Linguists say pronouns are a type of noun, some treat nouns and pronouns as different parts of speech. But both systems work out the same in the end.
However, having several different grammars is however confusing for all the rest of us!!!

An infinitive clause is the same as an infinitive phrase, however different systems of grammar are being used.
In the first clause contain any type of verb, in the second they contain a finite verb (not infinitive)

Infinitives (clauses or phrases - as you link)
Gerunds (clauses or phrases)
and
participle (clauses or phrases)
are all phrases that contain a verb.
They are clauses in some grammars and not in others.
My personal preference is to regard all phrases with a verb as a clause.
1024x768 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

Gerund phrase Getting the promotion is my only hope.

Infinitive phrase I wanted to leave.

Participle phrase Flying high in the air, the rocket exploded.

1024x768 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 These phrases or clauses as vary depending on whether they are replacing nouns, adjectives or adverbs.
The Infinitive comes in two froms, the to-infinitive shown above and the bare infinitive.
1024x768 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

bare infinitive. All I did was touch it

a hello

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:31:20 GMT

Hi,

How can we use the article "a" in front of words like "hello" and "thank-you" with or without quotation marks? If it has quotation marks around it, I take it as being treated as sort of an uncountable noun, but sometimes, I don't see quotation marks; then, how should I take it, a normal phrase pattern or not-so-normal one?

Can we put the infinite article "a" or "an" in front of any words in quotation marks?

Dear Joe,

A "hello" you said to my sister for her promotion was well received. She expressed her gratitude for your gracious "hello."

But a "let's get to know each other better" wasn't quite receptive. Sorry.

Your friend,

John

Re: the newspapers are full of advertisements/advertising

Mr Wordy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:56:51 GMT

It's a weak preference -- and one that others may not agree with -- but "advertisements" just seemed a more direct way of saying what's meant. "Advertising" in this context refers to realisations of instances of the act of advertising, but since there's already a concrete noun that means exactly that we may as well use it. In addition, for some reason that I can't quite pin down, the word "advertising" seems to me slightly less elegant in "...full of advertising for cell phones." than it does in "...full of advertising."

But thinking about it some more, I guess if for some reason you wanted to de-emphasise the idea of actual printed advertisements on the pages, then "advertising" might be more appropriate. For example, "advertising" is arguably more likely to include the possibility of promotions that don't take the form of traditional standalone printed ads -- such as, perhaps, product plugs in the editorial itself (though if I meant that then I think I'd want to say so explicitly).

Re: Headquartered

Clive — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:23:16 GMT

Hi,

To whom it may concern

---------------------------------

Canonical Ltd is a global organisation headquartered in the Isle of Man committed to the development, distribution and promotion of open source software products, and to providing tools and support to the open source community.

Canonical's projects include the Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu operating systems. All of those products are developed as free and open source software and can be used , modified, and redistributed without permisson and completely free of charge. As part of promoting ...

............................................................

[The above was written on a package which I received today. In order not to pay custom duties, the sender has written the above. The sender is an organisation which promotes open source. They don't have any intention of making money. I know it very well. They just post to anybody on request.]

I don't think it is correct to write 'providing tools and support to the open source communinty'.

It should be 'provide tools and support to the open source community'. No, the way it is written is better. The sentence structure needs a noun or a noun-like word, ie a gerund. committed to the development, distribution and promotion . . .and to providing . . .

You could use the noun 'provision' instead of the gerund 'providing'.

Furthermore to write 'organisation headquartered in the Isle of Man' sounds strange. Is it correct to write 'headquartered' ?

The word headquarter is not a verb. Is it a verb too? It's not at all unusual for business writers to use nouns as verbs.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: through/by paying attention in class

CalifJim — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:24:04 GMT

by is the better choice, in my opinion. through, though synonymous, is not used very often in this precise role. Both are correct, however.

It seems to me that by is more used in association with actions (such as indicated with gerunds like "paying attention"). On the other hand, through is more used in association with nouns, possibly abstract nouns, that are less indicative of action. Also, to my ear, the relationship set up by through is less direct than the relationship suggested by by.

I learned a lot [?through / by] studying hard.
I learned about the lecture [through / *by] a friend.
Karen got the job [?through / by] reading the want-ads.
Karen got the job [through / *by] a secretarial agency.
Helen got the job [through / by] deceit.
Helen got the job [?through / by] lying.
You can get a promotion [?through / by] working hard.
You can get a promotion [through / ?by] hard work.

CJ

question about verb agreement

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:24:21 GMT

I'm hoping someone can help us resolve this. A family member encountered the following grammar question on a test that would help qualify her to apply for a promotion:

Either you or I are mistaken.

Either you or I am mistaken.

She chose the first sentence and was told that it was incorrect, disqualifying her to compete for the promotion. Some of us think she was correct in that both sentences seem to be grammatically correct, others think she might have been correct due to common usage, and others think she was incorrect due to precedence of the closest pronoun. Some of us are just plain confused.

Can anyone help us figure out which sentence is grammatically correct? If the supervisor who graded the qualifying test was wrong, she may be eligible to reapply.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Is it correct?

Grammar Geek — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:06:24 GMT

Hi Ticce,

It's both a verb and a noun. When you are in the process of smiling, the expressin on your face is a smile.

After her meeting with the boss, she was all smiles. I think maybe she got that promotion she was hoping for.

Janet is so cheerful - she is always smiling!

Re: Article before proper noun+ common noun.

Feebs11 — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:18:26 GMT

Sabyakgp wrote:
Thanks for the reply Feebs11, I have gone through the document, But I would like to know should a noun be preceeded by the definite aritcle If a noun is premodified.

For example:

The General Electric Company
But Not: The Microsoft Corporation

There are many such examples where the noun phrase is preceeded by "the". Is there ay rule behind doing that.

Can anyone please help me in this regard.

Regards,
Sabya

You would use "the" in front of General Electric Company or Microsoft Corporation when referring to them as a company:

I work for General Electric.
He works for the General Electric Company

Microsoft has a massive new promotion going on.
The Microsoft Corporation has again dropped market share.

Going back to your first post, the Labour/Conservative Party are being discussed as specific organizations; the English language is a specific language, just as the French language and the German language are specific.

You will not need "the" if [for instance] you were to say Labour Party members or English language grammar rules, where the phrases are being used adjectively.