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Kim Jeong Uk
Which one of these two is correct?
Everyone thinks they are a good kisser.
Everyone thinks they are good kissers.
Which one of those above is correct? And Why?
I'd really appreciate your answer:)
21 feb 2016 14:52
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Although this is a commonly used form in conversation, it is grammatically incorrect. The subject of your sentence is "Everyone" so the rest of the sentence behind "thinks" should begin with "he is" or "she is." It has become common to use "they" to avoid use of "he" to mean both men and women.
21 febbraio 2016
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I think the second one is better
21 febbraio 2016
Conversationally either one is fine.
And yes, I am a good kisser :-)
21 febbraio 2016
I think I can better understand it thanks to you, Kenny.
23 febbraio 2016
I cannot put it any better than Jean did ) .
The other option is to use the " he or she" for the indefinite pronoun "everyone", but that sounds so clumsy that grammar is sacrificed for convenience ( so they rather use "their "and to hell with grammar). Or you can change the indefinite pronoun to definite > "everyone "becomes "all of us" to dodge this grammar trap .
But, I read somewhere that in UK , this doesn't apply . Indefinite verb + singular tense + plural pronoun is ok , so yours are good there at least ) or conversationally fine anywhere ))
22 febbraio 2016
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Kim Jeong Uk
Competenze linguistiche
Inglese, Coreano
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese
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