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Slide build 685 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Family: singular or plural?
When you refer to family, can you use "they"
My family are all fine. They had a good holiday.
"They" sounds very wrong to me, but what do you use then?
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slide build 685 When you refer to family, can you use "they": My family are all fine. They had a good holiday. That sounds quite fine to me.
- slide build 685 When you refer to family, can you use "they": My family are all fine.
- They had a good holiday.
- That sounds quite fine to me.
- Surely you don't think 'it' sounds better?
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slide build 685When you refer to family, can you use "they": My family are all fine. They had a good holiday.
That sounds quite fine to me. Surely you don't think 'it' sounds better?
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