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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
three questions in need of explanation
1. How do we know which employer this determiner their refers to assuming there are more than one employer in the picture? How would you settle this?
They are required to submit the forms that are to be filled out by their current employer.
2. Do one need to put an article "a" here? I don't think it needs to be here.
There was a bit of (a???) misunderstanding.
3. In the sentence below, should one lump ones together and use a singular form of the pronoun "this" or use the pronoun "these"? Is the pronoun "these" appropriate here?
Who brought all this?
Who brought all these?
They are required to submit the forms that are to be filled out by their current employer.
2. Do one need to put an article "a" here? I don't think it needs to be here.
There was a bit of (a???) misunderstanding.
3. In the sentence below, should one lump ones together and use a singular form of the pronoun "this" or use the pronoun "these"? Is the pronoun "these" appropriate here?
Who brought all this?
Who brought all these?
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1) I'm not sure what you are puzzled by here. Each person (or it could be only one person) gets their current employer to fill out the form. It makes no difference if all the people have the same employer or if they all have different employers.
- 1) I'm not sure what you are puzzled by here.
- Each person (or it could be only one person) gets their current employer to fill out the form.
- It makes no difference if all the people have the same employer or if they all have different employers.
- The only confusion that could arise is if someone was currently working for more than one employer, perhaps with two part-time jobs.
- Then they would have to work out which employer to ask.
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1) I'm not sure what you are puzzled by here. Each person (or it could be only one person) gets their current employer to fill out the form. It makes no difference if all the people have the same employer or if they all have different employers. The only confusion that could arise is if someone was currently working for more than one employer, perhaps with two part-time jobs. Then they would have
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Thank you, Nona and Davkett.
Sorry that I have used the words "one" and "ones" indiscriminately.
OK, I want to ask you whether or not I can replace the underlined verb with "are" like this?
Assuming there is (are ????) more than one object that has been brought ...
Sorry that I have used the words "one" and "ones" indiscriminately.
OK, I want to ask you whether or not I can replace the underlined verb with "are" like this?
Assuming there is (are ????) more than one object that has been brought ...
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>Assuming there is more than one object that has been brought ...
Fowler and Garner recommend
more than one object is ...
(even if the sense is plural)
thus I would stay with it.
Fowler and Garner recommend
more than one object is ...
(even if the sense is plural)
thus I would stay with it.
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