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- I and someone, me and someone or I and someone we
40 "I and someone are interested" is grammatically correct It is the convention in English that when you list several people including yourself, you put yourself last, so you really should say "Someone and I are interested " "Someone and I" is the subject of the sentence, so you should use the subjective case "I" rather than the objective "me"
- grammar - When is someone singular and when is it plural? - English . . .
The compound determinative "someone" is inherently singular due to the singular nominal base "one", so [2] has the expected singular verb "cleans" "Clean" in [1] may appear to be a plural verb, but it's actually a plain form (infinitive) verb, since only an infinitival clause can satisfy the complement requirement of the causative verb "have
- someone’s vs. someone else’s-- any difference?
Strictly speaking "someone" rather than "someone else" could include yourself and it is quite permissible to say "I'm collecting this on my own behalf" so, yes, there is a difference Most people would interpret the phrase without the word "else" in it as meaning someone other than yourself but, strictly, you should include it: "someone else's" also sounds more colloquial I would include the
- genderless pronouns - Why use their after someone? - English . . .
"Someone has forgotten their book" Why can we use 'Their" and what's the difference if instead of "their" we use "his her"?
- “to check IN on someone” OR “to check on someone“?
to make sure someone is doing okay, be it in their work, health, or otherwise I think check up on is the best as this can carry the sense of finding out about their welfare
- What is the word for someone that uses other people?
What is the word that describes a person who uses other people, generally for personal gain, without anything given in return? Maybe through blatancy or through manipulation I was using extortioni
- grammar - have someone to do something - English Language Learners . . .
Have someone do something WILL have someone TO do something Construction number 1 - To have someone do something - means: some explicit implicit agent will delegate to someone the (task of) something (at some indefinite time in the future) e g [I'll I will] have my people call your people [Let's Let us] have our lawyers negotiate terms
- What is a word for to take pleasure in someone elses success?
This appears to be similar to this question, What's the antonym for Schadenfreude? With the two most up-voted answers being Mitgefühl (a German word for "compassion") and Mudita (a Buddhist term for "finding joy in the happiness and success of others")
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