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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Should "lives of everyone" be "life of everyone"?

Context:

The theme of this year’s Annual Meeting is “Science and Society,”
which reflects my passionate view that one cannot exist without the
other, that each has obligations and responsibilities for the other, and
that each is critical to the improvement of the lives of everyone with or
worried about cancer.
  

Top answer

Plural is not necessary. "life" will do. I have another question NL888 each is critical to the improvement Is it "to the improvement" or "for the improvement"?

— Ravi Kanth

  • Plural is not necessary.
  • "life" will do.
  • I have another question NL888 each is critical to the improvement Is it "to the improvement" or "for the improvement"?
  • I think the appropriate word is "for".
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Plural is not necessary. "life" will do.

I have another question
NL888each is critical to the improvement
Is it "to the improvement" or "for the improvement"? I think the appropriate word is "for".
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NL888Should "lives of everyone" be "life of everyone"?
No. Where there is no ambiguity, good style asks for singular + singular and plural + plural.
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Ravi KanthPlural is not necessary. "life" will do.
Not really; see my note above.
Ravi KanthIs it "to the improvement" or "for the improvement"?
'Critical to' is a standard collocation. 'For' is also used.
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