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GrammarLoser Posted 14 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

What's/Who's my crowd?

Which is more appropriate to use when referring to a group of college majors? (e.g., What's/Who's my crowd among the following: BA Literature majors, BA Biology majors, or BS Social Work majors?)
  

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What's/Who's my crowd -- This whole phrase does not make sense to me: what are you trying to say?

  • What's/Who's my crowd -- This whole phrase does not make sense to me: what are you trying to say?
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What's/Who's my crowd -- This whole phrase does not make sense to me: what are you trying to say?
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Where do I belong to? Who are my people? Emotion: smile I'd like to use the word 'crowd', if you please.
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Why do you wish to use 'crowd' particularly? What do you think that word conveys?
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I think the word implies a group of people with something in common. So if I say, "What's/Who's my crowd?", I'm asking what crowd I belong to, what particular group of people would be right up my street.
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It is very casual or slangy. Is that what you wish?
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Um, either way would be fine...? All I'm really looking for is whatever's correct, whichever's more appropriate to use (and if using the word 'crowd' even makes any sense at all).
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Perhaps you mean 'cohort': a generational group as defined in demographics, statistics, or market research: "The cohort of people aged 30 to 39 . . . were more conservative" (American Demographics).

Which/Who are my cohort among the following: BA Literature majors, BA Biology majors, or BS Social Work majors?
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Uh, not exactly... Emotion: smile) A cohort is "a group of persons sharing a particular statistical or demographic characteristic," according to d
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GrammarLoserAnd please answer my question, should I use what or who. Thanks!
I already have.
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Ah, so I could use either? Emotion: smile Anyway, thanks for your help! I appreciate it.

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