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Which is correct it is them or it is they?
They and them are always used in place of plural nouns or noun groups in the third person. However the fundamental difference between the two in grammatical terms, is that they is a subject pronoun, and them is an object pronoun. They is used to refer to the subject of a clause.
Which is correct some of them have or some of them has?
The correct phrase is “some of them have,” because the word “has” goes with a singular pronoun.
Which is correct there is some or there are some?
Both there is some and there are some can be used correctly, depending on context. There Is some is used with intangibles used in singular. There is some doubt about whether the tournament will take place because of the lockdown. There are some is used with intangibles or tangibles used in plural.
Is some of us plural or singular?
When the noun is countable, some takes a verb in the plural: Some of us [people: countable] arrived late; Some cars are more reliable than others.
Can you sing as well as them or they?
Can you sing as well as they sing? None are so blind as they that will not see. It isn’t for such as them to dictate to us. If a verb completes the thought (it is the implied element that is missing) than you use the subjective pronoun.
Does them mean more than one?
They is not only a plural pronoun They is also a singular pronoun, and it has been for centuries. Lexicographers have determined that as far back as the 1300s, they and its related forms have been used to refer to an indefinite referent—that is, an unspecified, unknown person.
Has any of them or have them?
Yes, “has” is correct there — the answer will take “has” with “neither”, not ” have”. 1. Your question uses “has” for “any” (“any of them”) where “them” means only two persons, so “any” can only be one of the two persons. 2.
Which one of them has or have?
“One” is the subject, so “has” is the verb. “One of them has” – is correct.
Can some be used with singular nouns?
So yes, some is sometimes used with singular count nouns. It has a quite different implication than when “some” is used as a plural indefinite article (where it doesn’t imply anything.) It often suggests some unknown person, some undefined trouble, some not so-clear reason.
Can we use some with uncountable nouns?
Some is used with the plural form of countable nouns and with uncountable nouns. Some is used in positive sentences. There is some milk in the fridge. I did some exercises.
Do we use some with singular?
Remember, usually both some and any can only be used with plural countable nouns or uncountable nouns, but not usually with singular countable nouns. We usually use some with affirmative (positive) sentences and any with negatives and questions: She didn’t buy any tomatoes [negative sentence].