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- apostrophe - Individuals or individuals - English Language Usage . . .
2 Individuals' if you are referring to patients in general - or you could say an individual's
- Should an apostrophe be used in this context?
You have provided this fragment: may disagre [e] with some individual's worldview It seems that you are talking about more than one individual, so we need the plural individuals here The worldview is that belonging to (possessed by) the individuals, so we need the possessive of that plural, which is individuals' with an S followed by an apostrophe If multiple individuals have the same
- any every - Any individual or any individuals? - English Language . . .
The Newyorker reports: “Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice,” Obama said What is correct? 'Any responsible individual' or 'Any responsible
- grammar - Grammatical class of we when referring to a collective . . .
What's the grammatical class of quot;we quot; when referring to a group in its entirety versus when referring to each individual member of the group For example, if I said to my girlfriend: We w
- single word requests - What do call individuals who express their . . .
What do call individuals who express their opinions as if they were facts? Ask Question Asked 10 years, 11 months ago Modified 9 years, 7 months ago
- hyphenation - Are either of the phrases African-American individuals . . .
Are either of the phrases "African-American individuals" or "European-American individuals" hyphenated? [closed] Ask Question Asked 2 years, 3 months ago Modified 2 years, 3 months ago
- A word that represents a group of people working to achieve a common . . .
There are several words that means a group of people with a common interest purpose goal aim etc These words might depend on the context as well: union: a number of persons, states, etc , joined or associated together for some common purpose: student union; credit union coalition: an alliance or union between groups, factions, or parties, esp for some temporary and specific reason league: An
- Correct usage of persons (vs. people)
Generally, persons is a decent substitute for individuals, and appears more in legal contexts that demand precision People is the ordinary plural of person Asking for a table for two or a table for two people is better than asking for a table for two persons
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