By Pronouns, Invitations

Anonymous wrote:1.'She asked him to leave, but he declined.'Is 'declined' appropriate in the sentence?I see nothing wrong with it.de·cline, v., -clined, -clin·ing, n. –v.t.1. to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse: He declined to say more about it.2. to express...

Nona The Brit wrote:In British English nouns such as 'team' can be treated as either plural or singular.Nona, I think this is more a question of your ear being accustomed to this type of construction rather than it being good grammar. To me, also a British native, it is unacceptable. Nona The...

Mister Micawber wrote:Whoever, as the subject of the verb may come, takes grammatical priority. The whole clause is the object of the preposition, to. Does a little bit of alteration change the choice Micawber? as in : I'll send these invitation cards to whomever/whoever the party was...

You use "whom" for the object of a verb or preposition, and "who" for the subject of the verb, e.g. 1. Who's coming to the party? You'll often hear "who" for "whom", when it's used as the object of a verb (as in #2); less often, when it's the object of a preposition (as in #3), unless the...

Onh1986 wrote: Hello Can pronoun "It" be used in the plural? Please read this sentence: "I sent the invitations to my friends." And which one of both sentences is correct? - I sent it to my friends. - I sent them to my friends. Thank you for assistance.'It' is singular, so the first...

Hello Can pronoun "It" be used in the plural? Please read this sentence: "I sent the invitations to my friends." And which one of both sentences is correct? - I sent it to my friends. - I sent them to my friends. Thank you for assistance.

Hello MrM The dictionaries I referred are Webster's College Dictionary 1 (pronoun) any person at all. 'anybody' is less formal than 'anyone'. Most handy online dictionaries don't give the second definition to 'anybody'. But dictionary.com and One-Look give it. As for 'somebody' in the...