Which is correct and why? Thank you  "Every male and female voter who holds the Tunisian nationality"  "Every male and female voter who hold the Tunisian nationality"
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‘Every’ is considered singular, or so I have been told.  Every boy is happy.  However, what is correct when ‘every’ is used in both components of a compound subject?  Every boy and every girl is happy. Every boy and every girl are happy.  People on my end give unconvincing arguments for both. I find neither particularly appealing. Still, one of them must be correct. Which one, and why?
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Context: I am writing a short text to explain the main differences between Spanish passive sentences with "ser" and "estar", one of which is verb choice: sometimes the adjectival form should be chosen, and sometimes the participle form should. Those are generally the same, but sometimes they differ. The problematic sentence goes like:     Some examples where the participle and the adjectival form differ are: [and a list follows]   In a previous , it was explained that the noun (form) can be either in singular or plural. Because the noun was a general thing, I decided to go with the singular form, but then a verb followed (differ). Now, my question is:    Should the verb be conjugated in third person singular (differs) or plural (differ)?   Common sense tells me that it should be a plural (since there are two forms), but "differ" after "form" doesn't sound right (or does it?). I know I could just change form to forms, but I would like to keep it singular. Besides, I really am interested in knowing how the verb should be conjugated in this kind of phrases when the noun is to be kept in singular.
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"Give him a box that everyone knows what it contains."  Is this correct English? It sounds wrong to me.
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That is the lady [which / that / who / whom / (none of these)] I told you about.  I failed this test question when I used none of the options, saying: "That is the lady I told you about". Some constructive criticism would be most welcome.
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I came across people using all the in sentences instead of all.     Select the type of user to view all the users of that type. All the   users of the selected role are displayed.   I usually strike out the after all. Is there any justification that I can give my team on why the seems out of place in the above example? Are there any rules of grammar for or against using the article after all?
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I'm writing a poem referring to humans as landlords of this planet.  Which is correct:  "they come to test this planet landlord's heart"  or  "they come to test this planet's landlord's heart"  I would use the first one for what I consider better style. Not sure it is correct.
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In this case what is correct?        Keep Tom and I updated.      or         Keep Tom and me updated.      I understand that me is an object pronoun. And therefore I feel the second option is correct.  Especially, because I would say "Keep him updated" and also "Keep me updated". Instead of "Keep he updated" or "Keep I updated". But something about saying "Keep him and me updated" feels wrong.  However I am not sure, because several people have told me that in this case I is the correct option because it is being used in conjunction with a name (Tom) and not a pronoun. Is that correct?
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I am from China. I come from China.  What is the nuance between them? likewise:  Where are you from? Where do you come from?  Are there any nuance between them?
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Question: Is the first one redundant and proper, or is it redundant and not necessarily correct?  (1) He is a friend of Doug's. (2) He is a friend of Doug.
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Someone introduced himself to us.  After that, when we look back and say what he said, which is right to say?     What did he say his name is?      What did he say his name was?   I think the first one is plausible because his name is always XX, but I'm not sure. Please tell me which is allowed.
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I read news on the BBC (on its website) this morning. When I was reading the news I noticed the definite article the was missing in a sentence. As per my opinion, the reporter missed the article the. But I also thought that the reporter also had some point as he did not use the article there. So I just wanted to confirm so landed here to get some help on it.     On the website:      It also proclaimed the group's leader, XYZ  (name), as caliph and   "leader for Muslims everywhere".      As per my opinion it should have been:      It also proclaimed the group's leader, XYZ  (name), as the caliph and   "leader for Muslims everywhere".   Source link:
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I know there are different opinions on this issue. My question: Is using "he" for a general, gender-neutral third person still in common use for formal writing? By common use I mean, can I expect my paper not to be penalised because I use "he" as pronoun for "a student", etc.?   I think "he/she" is too clumsy and I am not comfortable with singular they.
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Context: I am a non-binary user who uses singular they as my chosen pronoun. I'm also a relatively new user who just started paying attention to meta right when the situation over the sudden firing of a moderator was becoming a thing.  First, my thoughts on the Monica situation (). From what I've been able to glean about the situation I personally believe that SE mishandled the situation. I feel that they violated their own rules and values by moving way too quickly. I would like it if the issue of Monica's rehiring was put before the moderators and that they would be allowed to make a decision on how things should proceed on that front.  Now onto what I feel about the whole CoC drama. I personally think this situation has been mishandled by both the community and SE. I personally feel that SE should've delayed the release of the new change until after the Monica situation was fully dealt with. This would've allowed for people to disassociate this new change from the previous situation and would've allowed users to approach it with a perspective untainted by anger.   While I do feel SE is at fault for how this was received I also feel that some of the communities' reaction, especially the lashing out at members of the LGBTQ+ community, has been completely inappropriate. Within the past few weeks, I feel like I haven't been welcome here. I have felt attacked and demonized simply because of who I am. It honestly makes me hurt and sad that a community that I had felt was a bastion of rational thought has descended into fights over what I feel should not be a difficult question, but a trivial decision to extend a certain group of people a basic amount of human respect.  While I do feel that many protesting these changes have good intentions I still feel that many hurtful and disrespectful things have been said. whether they were intentional or not doesn't matter. I feel that both the community and SE should hold a burden of shame when it comes to this.  How we can resolve this current drama? And how we can do it without causing further harm to vulnerable groups?
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Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.   sbj: fathers         det: our vrb: brought forth         obj: nation                 det: a                 adj: new                 adj: *conceived*                         adv: &lt;in&gt;                                 obj: liberty                 cnj: and                 adj: *dedicated*                         adv: &lt;to&gt;                                 obj: proposition                                         det: the                                         adj: -that-                                                 sbj: men                                                         det: all                                                 vrb: are created                                                         cmp: equal         adv: &lt;on&gt;                 obj: continent                         det: this         adv: ...?   I'm working on this but can't wrap my head around the phrase in bold. I know that it's adverbial phrase of time, but what kind of phrase is it exactly? What part of speech is 'ago'? Sources don't seem to agree.
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Which one is the correct form?   "all they need is some words"   "all they need are some words"
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Should our default gender when selecting male/female on the dropdown list be based on the local  (if a country have more female than male then female is the default value)?
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I often use  to keep my sentences gender neutral. Many of my friends (none of them are native speakers), however, consider this to be grammatically incorrect, and suggest me not to use it in formal English exams.  My questions are:   Is singular they widely accepted in English speaking countries such as America and Britain? Is it formal enough to be used in formal situations, such as a public speech? Is it casual enough to be used in informal situations, such as gossiping among friends?