
grammar - When is "someone" singular and when is it plural?
This is why “Someone cleans the house” is a correct and natural sounding sentence. However, there is this idiomatic construction: to have + someone+ do something (infinitive without to) …
"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 …
What is difference between renter, tenant and rentee?
Nov 3, 2015 · A renter is a person who pays rent in order to use something that to belongs to someone else, whether it be a house, room or even a car. But a tenant can be a renter, free …
prepositions - “provide X to someone” vs “provide X for someone ...
Mar 28, 2019 · In other words, these are questions of coherent and natural-sounding phrasing, rather than strictly grammar, I believe. "Provide for the common good" is an example of …
genderless pronouns - Why use "their" after "someone"? - English ...
Sep 2, 2014 · "Someone has forgotten their book". Why can we use 'Their" and what's the difference if instead of "their" we use "his/her"?
difference between "engage with someone" and "engage someone"?
Engage with somebody means, as others have said, to interact with that person, usually from a position of greater power (managers are frequently exhorted to engage with employees, but …
Usage of + or ++ in emails - English Language & Usage Stack …
Nov 18, 2019 · I would agree with instinct71. It's used as follows: - say an email is sent to a list of recipients, but someone was omitted or the topic needs to include other recipient (s). The new …
formality - Your Grace, Your Majesty, Your Highness... Does it all …
Jan 5, 2017 · A lot of ways you can actually address the queen or someone from the royal family. But do these all phrases mean the exact same thing or is there a difference between them? …
Is the structure "to have trouble with + someone" common?
Jun 11, 2021 · You generally say you have trouble with something or someone that's supposed to obey you (but doesn't - that's the aforementioned trouble). You're supposed to obey your boss, …
grammatical number - Plural form of "someone"'? - English …
Someone, and indeed any indefinite pronoun that ends in "one" is always singular. The word people is a good choice; however, the second part of your compound sentence sounds as if …