subject/ verb agreement

Hi,

I'd say "there are three of us in my family: my mom, my dad (my parents) and me." I guess I'd also say "my family is composed of/made up of..."

I hope this helps.

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Please correct me if I am wrong.

Esneider Ramirez GuerraHi,

I'd say "There are three of us in my family: my mom, my dad (my parents) and me." Use only one of the underlined.
I guess I'd also say "my family is composed of/made up of..."

Thank you, canadian45. By the way, what I really meant by putting parents within parenthesis was to provide another option that could be used instead of mom and dad. I remember having read once that they are used to depict alternatives; I thought I had done that in my attempt to help the person who asked. I also read that parentheses mainly enclosed information that was not vital to

Anonymous Is it In my family there are three of us. There are my mom, my dad, and me.

In my family there are three of us. There They are my mom, my dad, and me.

I would use 'They' in place of 'There'.

Esneider Ramirez Guerra By the way, what I really meant by putting parents within parenthesis was to provide another option that could be used instead of mom and dad. When they are alternative choices put both of them in parentheses.

I remember having read once that they are used to depict alternatives; I thought I had done that in my attempt to help the p

Hi,

Fair enough...

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Esneider Ramirez GuerraP.S: I have heard "Composed of" and "made up of" many times...Why aren't they very suitable for this context? I thought they were just more formal.
Please correct my mistakes. The little I know, I have learned it by asking and reading : ).

Even in formal writing, My family is composed of … just sounds silly—inflated, even. Her

Hi,

It's even sillier to think how I could have ended up learning this...

Thanks for explaining,

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