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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 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 ...
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.
May 5, 2020 · Nobody said anything (passive) Thread starter Jaremore; Start date May 5, 2020; J. Jaremore New Member ...
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.
May 5, 2020 · Banned. 1a- Nobody can dance as good as I do. 1b- Nobody else can dance as good as I do. Nobody (else) can dance as well as I do. Nobody (else) can dance as well as me. Nobody (else) can dance as well as I can. 2a- Nobody is as good of a listener to instructions as John (is). 2b- Nobody else is as good of a listener to instructions as John (is).
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 ...
Apr 10, 2018 · I would like to reword this sentence, I'm not sure which would be correct 1. Nothing was said by anyone. 2. Nothing was said by nobody. Maybe neither is correct, I came up with these by myself. Could you tell me if they are correct?
May 13, 2013 · In this statement there is an elision of "there", and of "who has", so it becomes: (There) ain't nobody (who's) got time for that. Note the double negative, which here ain't a positive but is just for emphasis of the negation,
