Page 43 - English for Constitutional Law

For example:

• All student is coming.
• All students are coming

• Some pens are put on the table.

• Anyone of the visitors is welcome to take part in the raffle.

6 The collective noun is the singular pronoun for agreement when the group members
.
operate simultaneously—when everyone does the same thing.
Audience club public

Couple family school

Troop class troupe

Committee crowd committee
Jury group firm

Singular: The group kept its promise.

Plural: The group wrote their promises on the paper.
The collective noun, however, is the plural pronoun for agreement when the group
members behave as individuals, carrying out individual tasks or acts.

.
7 When compound antecedents are joined by "and," regard them as plural.
Incorrect: Rasya and Irsyad climbed the mountain to the place where he could get a bucket
of water.
Correct: Rasya and Irsyad climbed the mountain to the place where they could get a
bucket of water.
8 . Make sure the pronoun agrees with the closer antecedent when a compound antecedent is
related by or/nor, either...or, neither...nor, or by either...or, neither...nor.
Formula:
Neither + noun + nor + plural noun + plural verb
Neither + noun + nor + singular noun + singular verb
Either + noun + or + plural noun + plural verb
Either + noun + or + singular noun + singular verb
Examples:
Neither my sisters nor my neighbor is watching the film now.
Either Hotman Paris or the other lawyers have written the deposition in court.
.
9 English is not normally a gendered language, but it includes one gendered component: the
pronouns she/her and he/him that refer to female and male nouns, respectively. If you do
not know a noun's gender or if the word refers to someone who identifies as non-binary
(neither male nor female), they/them serves as a singular gender-neutral pronoun.
Examples:
The lecturer requested that you meet them after class. (When you are unsure about a
lecturer's gender, you use the gender-neutral pronoun "them."

33