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Mar 25, 2006 · Nobody, like other indefinite pronouns, is frequently, though not without a tinge of guilt, followed by the plural pronouns they, them or their. For example, nobody wants to hear that their hero isn't a hero. This kind of construction, which is recorded in the OED from the C16th onward, seems likely to pass into unquestioned use in the C21st.
Aug 8, 2009 · 2 is not ungrammatical, but it is an unusual thing to say and relies on the meaning of "one" as a singular number. "No one of them" is always singular; "none of them" can be either singular or plural: None of them is known to me. None of them are known to me. No one of them is known to me. [grammatical, with "one" being the singular number, but ...
Mar 25, 2010 · "I recommend nobody have a check card, as they are easily duplicated" Much much rarer (as is the English subjunctive in the first place), and a bit forced even in my example, but certainly possible. In normal indicative speech, "nobody" is a singular 3rd person, so it is "has" expect under special conditions, which do exist.
Aug 5, 2006 · Nobody is third person singular so it conjugates as "he" or "she". he runs she needs nobody needs.. etc. I think you are confusing the "s" in need s as if the verb is plural, but is neither singular nor plural. here is the verb need: I need, you need, he/she need s, we need, you need, they need Hope this helps answer your question. You wrote it ...
Sep 21, 2023 · English (US - northeast) Sep 21, 2023. #7. knuckleboom said: "is" is correct and idiomatic. You can't say "Nobody...are allowed" no matter what comes in between. You can, if the sentence uses "nobody" to mean "no people". Of course, using "nobody" to mean "no people" might not be perfect English. But people say that.
Jun 11, 2012 · No. "Nobody" doesn't refer to the absence/negation of an individual ("he"): it means the absence/negation of the entire human race, so "do they" is preferable. However, you could possibly justify the use of "does he" if the remark was being addressed directly to a (male) individual in the first place. Or alternatively.
Jul 11, 2011 · The argument is about whether "but" is a preposition or a conjunction. If it's a preposition, then we would favor "me" and the sentence could be re-written as "Nobody except for me will help you" (the subject of the sentence is "Nobody"); if it's a conjunction, then we should choose "I" and the sentence would be re-written as "Nobody will help you, but I will help you" (there are two linked ...
May 5, 2020 · New Member. España, castellano. May 5, 2020. #1. Hello, how can I say "nobody said anything" in passive? I´ve thought in "Nothing was said (by anybody)". Is it correct?
Oct 4, 2009 · "Nobody did nothing." is incorrect. It would certainly imply that "someone , or everyone did something" "Nobody did nothing. Everyone, in one way or another, came to the aid of the victim. "Nobody did anything." This would imply that nobody acted. "Nobody did anthing, to come to the victim's aid. They all just stood there and watched."
Apr 1, 2007 · Atlanta, Georgia USA. USA English. Apr 1, 2007. #3. The reason you would not say 'almost nobody' is that the word nobody has the meaning exactly zero people. It doesn't make sense to say almost exactly zero people. Before anyone enters a room and after everyone leaves a room there is nobody in the room.
