Well, here is the situation. I have four students. They did a test. Suppose that the regulation is a student getting a score below 40 gets the remark “study hard” which is written at the bottom of the work instead of a numerical score. When I want to confirm this, may I say: They get … Read more
I looked through the related questions, but I didn’t find any concrete advice. I understand that it’s OK to do so. I’m not sure how common it is, but I’m a beginner writer and want to keep things as simple as possible. I can pick up that fancy stuff later. To illustrate the problem, I’ll … Read more
In the below sentence, should “implement” need to be in a first person form or third person form as it is now? This Regulation is set up with a view to ensure that subject people comply with ruleA and ruleB, and properly implements their responsible works. Answer If implements refers to the Regulation, it must … Read more
I have a quick question. On my website I have a short sentence "Register My Interest". Is this sentence in first or second person? I think people jump to first person, but in that case please consider the following two sentences. I went to the beach and I took my ball. You went to the … Read more
In most English verbs, there is a consistent pattern in the conjugation of present and past tense. For past tense, the same inflection is used for each grammatical person, but in present tense, third person singular stands apart from the rest. For example, with run: Past tense: I ran / you ran / we ran … Read more
Generally the verb following who agrees with the subject or object that precedes the who. This makes sense and is expected. When the subject or object that the who refers to is singular, the verb is singular; when the subject or object is plural the verb is plural Such does not seem to be the … Read more
I’ve had this conversation several times in my life, where I use a second-person pronoun when actually using the third-person: "If you were dressed up as a clown at night holding black balloons, I would be suspicious too!" "I would never dress like a clown." Or exempting the ‘if’ from the sentence: "You choose to … Read more
“Ms. Bar sneaks in to eat our candy.” “You want me to talk to them.” My mother is a fifth-grade teacher, and she’s currently covering the first, second, and third person points of view. She is generally what I would call a “reliable source,” but she wants my opinion on which person each of these … Read more
I’m writing an academic paper and need some help writing this sentence in third person. This is what I want to say in third person (currently in first person): The kitchen was assigned to a different engineer, while I was assigned the living room. I was thinking the third person would look like this? : … Read more
I have just learned from what I consider a reliable source, that the following sentence is correct: One of us is wrong, aren’t we? I would never in my life have written this, but I am assured that this is exactly how it would be written As I realize comments don’t live forever I will … Read more
