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- 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
- 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"
- phrasal verbs - visit someone vs. visit with someone - English . . .
I am wondering what difference between 'visit someone' and 'visit with someone' there is In Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries Visit with (North American English) to spend time with somebody, especially
- “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
- Is using someone in a question correct? - English Language Learners . . .
When reading about someone on the OALD, I saw the following note: The difference between someone and anyone is the same as the difference between some and any Look at the notes there The note t
- anyone vs someone. Which one? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Has someone seen my bag? Has anyone seen my bag? Which one is grammatically correct and Why? Which one should I use at this place? Can you give some more examples?
- meaning - Anyone anybody- someone somebody - English Language Learners . . .
I have some difficulty to understand when to use the 4 words: anybody, somebody, anyone, someone For example: “I would like to ask if someone can help me” is it right? And if I want to start the
- How do you answer when someone asks you to do something?
When someone asks you politely to do something and you want to do it, how do you answer? I was using "ok", but it seemed too general and thought about "of course"
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