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Mr02077 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Pronouns and verb forms
"There are someone that everyone loves"
This is the sentence I am puzzled with. "someone" is followed by the verb in plural, while "everyone" uses the singular form.
The two words seems to be very similar from lingual standpoint, but different forms are used.
Furthermore, everyone denotes more people but uses the singular form, while someone points to a single person usually and it uses the plural form.
How can I know where to use singular and where plural form of a verb when it is up to pronouns?
Can you elaborate?
Thank you
This is the sentence I am puzzled with. "someone" is followed by the verb in plural, while "everyone" uses the singular form.
The two words seems to be very similar from lingual standpoint, but different forms are used.
Furthermore, everyone denotes more people but uses the singular form, while someone points to a single person usually and it uses the plural form.
How can I know where to use singular and where plural form of a verb when it is up to pronouns?
Can you elaborate?
Thank you
Top answer
mr02077 "There are someone that everyone loves"This is the sentence I am puzzled with. No need to puzzle -- the sentence is incorrect. Grammatically it should be "There is someone that everyone loves" (though semantically the sentence may not be fully satisfactory, depending on exactly what meaning was intended).
- mr02077 "There are someone that everyone loves"This is the sentence I am puzzled with.
- No need to puzzle -- the sentence is incorrect.
- Grammatically it should be "There is someone that everyone loves" (though semantically the sentence may not be fully satisfactory, depending on exactly what meaning was intended).
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mr02077"There are someone that everyone loves"This is the sentence I am puzzled with.No need to puzzle -- the sentence is incorrect. Grammatically it should be "There is someone that everyone loves" (though semantically the sentence may not be fully satisfactory, depending on exactly what meaning was intended).
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It means it is always singular form of verb that goes with indefinite or relative pronouns?
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That sentence is wrong. Someone if followed by singular verb only
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mr02077It means it is always singular form of verb that goes with indefinite or relative pronouns?I'm not sure exactly what you are including as "indefinite pronouns" for the purpose of this question. The indefinite pronouns in the "some-/any-/every-/no-/-one/-body" group are all grammatically singular and take singular verbs. (Some may be treated as logicall
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