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members members members area | WordReference Forums One is not necessarily correct over the others - member's area = an area of a member, belonging to a member - members' area = an area of members, belonging to more than one member - members area = an area for members That is exactly the problem I have been having so far
A group of people + is are ? | WordReference Forums Collecting phrases like a number of or a pair of can make it hard to choose between is and are Which verb do you use when you’re talking about a number of people? On one hand, number is singular, which calls for is But people is plural, which calls for are Typically, it’s best to use are with a number of Correct A number of people are concerned about the lack of progress Incorrect A
How to refer to someone whom one works with at lab Hello, my dear word nerd fellows! I have a question to ask you guys: What's the most common term to refer to someone whom one works with at a lab, say, having the same capacity instead of working as one's assistant? Is it a "labmate", or simply a "lab partner"? Thanks in advance for your help!
the addresses of every member | WordReference Forums I guess "the address of every member" or "the addresses of all the members" would be correct in the following sentence What do you think?: Yes, and in fact the address of every member sounds more correct to me than the original
To be (a) part of something | WordReference Forums What's the difference between "to be a part of something" and "to be part of something" or are they both correct and interchangeable? For example, would
is or has deceased - WordReference Forums No "Deceased" is an adjective; "decease" is not generally used as a verb You might find it in dictionaries, but OED, for example, has no examples later than the eighteenth century (although it does not mark it as obsolete or archaic) Use "died" instead
Blue gum monkey - WordReference Forums Green's Dictionary of Slang has this on 'blue gum': blue gum (med), adj — Green’s Dictionary of Slang I can't help with much of the rest of the sentence, apart from taking 'like bubbles on soap' more or less literally as a simile
staff member vs. employee - WordReference Forums When I went to that supermarket to buy something yesterday, "one staff member" or "one employee" was very impolite Are they both correct? If so, which one is more common? Thank you!