Our and own?

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The word our,any,own,all followed by 'singular or plural nouns' or 'singular or plural verbs' ?Help me please.I am beginner in Engish.Therefore,please explain to me in detail so that i can understand.Thanks

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

Our, any, and own can take both plural and singular nouns.

Our dog is shedding.
Our dogs are shedding.

Any child who does not turn in his homework will have to stay in during recess.
Any children who do not turn in their homework will have to stay in during recess.

My own child behaved well, but the other children were awful.
My own children behaved well, but the other children were awful.

All will take a plural.

*Any is complicated and will usually take the plural in the negative: I don't have any children, I can't see any mistakes, I won't have any cookies left if you keep eating them.

Maximus69 · Answer

can these words followed by verbs and how to know how to use any?Can any use in singular ?

BarbaraPA · Answer

No, they come before nouns.

I have given you an example of "any" with a singular noun.

Maximus69 · Answer

ok.But if this sentence, is it correct ? ' It all adds to the flavour ' or ' It all add to the flavour '.You said all is for plural and these words cannot followed by verb but only can followed by noun ? But why all is followed by verb in this case.I get this sentence from my english book.Thanks.

Mudclay · Answer

Maximus69ok.But if this sentence, is it correct ? ' It all adds to the flavour ' or ' It all add to the flavour '.You said all is for plural and these words cannot followed by verb but only can followed by noun ? But why all is followed by verb in this case.I get this sentence from my english book.Thanks.

Hi,

Sometimes we take singular or plural depending on the meaning. In this case ALL is not the subject. The subject is IT. So "It all adds to the flavor" is correct. But if you use ALL as your subject it goes like this...i.e. "ALL (employees) have informed about the holiday".

Let's wait for the authorities.

Thanks!

Maximus69 · Answer

Grammar Geek.Can you explain this ? But if this sentence,  is it correct ? ' It all adds to the flavour ' or ' It all add to the flavour '.You said all is for plural and these words cannot followed by verb but only can followed by noun ? But why all is followed by verb in this case.I get this sentence from my english book.Thanks.

BarbaraPA · Answer

I could not have said it better than mudclay did.

When used as a determiner (if that's the right word), it takes a plural noun.

All as the only subject does take a singular verb. All is well. All is as it should be. All is lost.

Dimsumexpress · Answer

Maximus69' It all adds to the flavour '

This is not an intelligible sentence to my ear without additional context. But you should recognize "it" is the subject to the verb "add", and therefore the third person singular rule applies. Are you familiar with this phrase " it all depends..."? All -means entirely, and it has nothing to do with numbers.

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