By Pronouns, Plurals

Yes, as far as who is concerned. What is something else. It never has an antecedent as a relative pronoun, neither singular nor plural, nothing, and that's why a singular verb is used with it. This is obvious from the singular that, which occurs in that which, which is sometimes used to...

I see. I get your point. Grammarians treat what as a relative pronoun that has no antecedent, singular or plural. It is inclusive of the antecedent and can usually be replaced with that which, in which collocation that is the antecedent. That which is not very common and therefore may sound odd...

<<< Goodman, you are changing the pronoun. In your sentence of course make. However, what as a relative pronoun is always singular:>>> And so is who! s what is the difference? No I am not changing anything. I just want to prove a point. The approach to treat "what"...

<<<>>>I would agree that "makes" should stay singular to correspond to "what," even if the subject of the sentence is plural. If who, what, how, or where, is a singular reference even the nouns or pronouns preceding are plural, then how would you call...

Afirmative to "unless" = "if," in that respect.

Thank you. Why did you use 'were' here? Does the word 'unless' functionally the same as the word "if" in terms of it being part of the creation of a hypothetical sentence? Thank you.Your sentence:Personally, I'd say "his coat," unless I were strictly in...

Hi, I'm not sure why you group a "thing-word" in with all these "people-words." The plural post-reference for a singular term is only used to avoid the awkward gender issue. In English, things don't have genders (except ships) so the problem disappears. (Ships are...

This is a common mistake grammatically even among native English speakers. However, it is technically correct to use a singular pronoun, even in the case you described. Whether you want an apple or an orange, it will taste good.In your example, you juxtaposed "situation" and...

Hi,Can you help me to get a grasp of this? When is it allowed to have a post-reference of singular words like 'a situation', 'a person', 'someone' or 'anyone' with the words like 'their' or 'they'? Or when is it preferred to have one over the...

See, this the weird thing. While that last sentence doesn't sound right, this one does:Are these the pens you're looking for? Thanks, but no, those aren't the ones I'm looking for.