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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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hi everybody I need help I should write" Yesterday at 6p.m my family was doing different things or my family were doing different things"????
  

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Anonymous my family was/were doing different things This phrase doesn't work, but generally British English treats "family" as plural and American English treats it as singular. Yesterday at 6 pm everyone in my family was doing something different. CJ

  • Anonymous my family was/were doing different things This phrase doesn't work, but generally British English treats "family" as plural and American English treats it as singular.
  • Yesterday at 6 pm everyone in my family was doing something different.
  • CJ
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Anonymousmy family was/were doing different things
This phrase doesn't work, but generally British English treats "family" as plural and American English treats it as singular.

Yesterday at 6 pm everyone in my family was doing something different.

CJ

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