 | Robert Waters - 1883 - 616 sayfa
...This will never do; it is far too indefinite. The pronoun standing for a noun of multitude is used in the singular if the idea of unity is to be conveyed,...plural if the idea of plurality is to be conveyed. Let me illustrate with some of these very nouns which Cobbett so sarcastically huddles together: "... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1883 - 310 sayfa
...This will never do ; it is far too indefinite. The pronoun standing for a noun of multitude is used in the singular if the idea of unity is to be conveyed,...plural if the idea of plurality is to be conveyed. Lek me illustrate with some of these very nouns which Cobbett so sarcastically huddles together : "... | |
 | Robert Waters - 1883 - 612 sayfa
...This will never do; it is far too indefinite. The pronoun standing for a noun of multitude is used in the singular if the idea of unity is to be conveyed, and in the plural if the idea ot plurality i* to be conveyed. Let me illustrate with some of these very nouns which Cobbett so sarcastically... | |
 | Robert Luce - 1888 - 66 sayfa
...Phrases." The pronoun standing lor a nouu of multitude (sometimes called a collective noun) is used in the singular if the idea of unity is to be conveyed,...plural if the idea of plurality is "to be conveyed. The number of a verb after a noun of multitude is determined in the same way ; eg, " The mob comes... | |
 | Edwin Llewellyn Shuman - 1894 - 252 sayfa
...for the proof-reader and type-setter as well as for the editor. The rule is, Use the pronoun and verb in the singular if the idea of unity is to be conveyed,...scatter in every direction and yell as they move off .' Whatever you do, don't mix the two styles in the same paragraph. "Careless use of personal pronouns... | |
 | Robert Luce - 1907 - 318 sayfa
...Phrases." The pronoun standing for a noun of multitude (sometimes called a collective noun) is used in the singular if the idea of unity is to be conveyed,...plural if the idea of plurality is to be conveyed. The number of a verb after a noun of multitude is determined in the same way ; eg 'The mob comes on... | |
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... Pronoun; but these distinctions are too nice to be of any real use. The rule is this: that nouns of multitude may take either the singular, or the plural, Pronoun; but not both in the same sentence. This will never do; it is far too indefinite. The... 