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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
A question on the word 'couple'
I get confuse on how to use the word couple in a sentence; take for instance: Do i say they couple asserts that they love each other; or do i say the couple asserts that it loves each other.
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So let's say we're talking about Brad and Angelina. The famous couple says (singular) through their publicist that all is well between them and they have never been more in love. The couple says (jointly, so a single unit, so a singular verb) that the individual components of the couple (so, now two different people, so "they") love each other.
- So let's say we're talking about Brad and Angelina.
- The famous couple says (singular) through their publicist that all is well between them and they have never been more in love.
- The couple says (jointly, so a single unit, so a singular verb) that the individual components of the couple (so, now two different people, so "they") love each other.
- You would never refer to people as "it" anyway.
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So let's say we're talking about Brad and Angelina.
The famous couple says (singular) through their publicist that all is well between them and they have never been more in love.
The couple says (jointly, so a single unit, so a singular verb) that the individual components of the couple (so, now two different people, so "they") love each other.
You would never refer to
The famous couple says (singular) through their publicist that all is well between them and they have never been more in love.
The couple says (jointly, so a single unit, so a singular verb) that the individual components of the couple (so, now two different people, so "they") love each other.
You would never refer to
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