Hi Alex Here's a good description of the kinds of indefinite pronouns and the verb forms they require: http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?p=319 In the first sentence i would say neither of them is her boyfriend. Or you could say "Neither

Hi, Data. In everyday speech, 'datum' is very rarely used. Note that 'data' is very commonly treated as a singular noun , eg the data is interesting. Clive I'm not fond of this, but as long as we

Just found your question. The line is from a poem (William Cowper's "Verses Supposed to be Written By Alexander Selkirk") , and is written with "poetic licence" --that is, with a syntax not typical of everyday speech.

RobertE wrote on 05 Jul 2004: Before an AmE speaker jumps back saying, "Well *I've* never ... an AmE classroom. Admittedly she was a rather strict traditionalist. Most American native English speakers would probably say "The

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