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Taka Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Singular/plural
Which is correct? Or are these both acceptable?
·They will become a person who says such a bad thing.
·They will become persons who say such a bad thing.
·They will become a person who says such a bad thing.
·They will become persons who say such a bad thing.
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Neither is good, Taka. · They will become people who say such bad things. (more natural) · They will become people who say such a bad thing.
- Neither is good, Taka.
- · They will become people who say such bad things.
- (more natural) · They will become people who say such a bad thing.
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Neither is good, Taka.
·They will become people who say such bad things. (more natural)
·They will become people who say such a bad thing.
·They will become people who say such bad things. (more natural)
·They will become people who say such a bad thing.
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Even if the subject was 'we' instead, it would still have to be 'people', MM?
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Yes, 'people' is the normal plural; 'persons' is pretty much restricted to legal/formal documents, etc.
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I see. Thanks, MM!
(By the way, MM, could you replace the 'says' with 'say' in the second example of my first post. When I wrote that, I just changed 'a person' in the first example to 'persons' and forgot to change that 'says' to 'say').
(By the way, MM, could you replace the 'says' with 'say' in the second example of my first post. When I wrote that, I just changed 'a person' in the first example to 'persons' and forgot to change that 'says' to 'say').
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