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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Relative Pronouns/Collective Nouns US ENGLISH Usage?
A prepositional phrase is a group of words that "begins/begin" with a preposition.
A herd of cows that "belong/belongs" to the farmer "are/is" grazing in his field.
She is one of them who "belong/belongs" to Rachel.
She is the only one of them who "belong/belongs" to Rachel.
The girls are a family who "is/are" moving to Miami beach in the fall.
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A herd of cows that "belong/belongs" to the farmer "are/is" grazing in his field.
She is one of them who "belong/belongs" to Rachel.
She is the only one of them who "belong/belongs" to Rachel.
The girls are a family who "is/are" moving to Miami beach in the fall.
If you could please leave a website address of this usage with your answer, it would be much appreciated.
Also, If you have more examples of different scenarios please leave them in your comment.
Thank You!
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Native speakers will disagree on these. I will try to give you the form most natural in my dialect and explain it. " The group begins thus, not the words.
- Native speakers will disagree on these.
- I will try to give you the form most natural in my dialect and explain it.
- " The group begins thus, not the words.
- " "Belong" tends to attach to the nearest noun, and in this case that is grammatical because the antecedent of "that" can be either "herd" or "cows".
- Although "herd" is the subject, we broke the cows out before with "belong".
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Native speakers will disagree on these. I will try to give you the form most natural in my dialect and explain it.
"A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition." The group begins thus, not the words.
"A herd of cows that belong to the farmer are grazing in his field." "Belong" tends to attach to the nearest noun, and in this case that is grammatical
"A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition." The group begins thus, not the words.
"A herd of cows that belong to the farmer are grazing in his field." "Belong" tends to attach to the nearest noun, and in this case that is grammatical
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