Q&A - P4 English

[ridcully]

teh_oh:

Hi R,

In the case of
'The Tan family is/are going for a trip next week'.
Answer should be 'is', right?
Thanks.

Yes. We are thinking of the family as acting in unison as one entity; therefore, 'is' is correct.

Rgds
R

[teh_oh]

ridcully:

teh_oh:

Hi R,

In the case of
'The Tan family is/are going for a trip next week'.
Answer should be 'is', right?
Thanks.

Yes. We are thinking of the family as acting in unison as one entity; therefore, 'is' is correct.

Rgds
R

:thankyou: once again, R.

[soyabean]

Is it alright for school teachers if our kids, when describing the scene in the picture, use phrases like


'in the foreground, there are two girls...'
'in the background, there are two boys...'

???

Thanks!!

[maychang]

_______ caught the girl shoplifting at the supermarket?

1. Who
2. Whom
3. Whose

[purple05]

maychang:

_______ caught the girl shoplifting at the supermarket?

1. Who
2. Whom
3. Whose

My ans = who

[soyabean]

purple05:

maychang:

_______ caught the girl shoplifting at the supermarket?

1. Who
2. Whom
3. Whose

My ans = who

My ans = who too

[soyabean]

Everyone enjoyed themselves at the party.


Any comment?

[ridcully]

soyabean:

Is it alright for school teachers if our kids, when describing the scene in the picture, use phrases like


'in the foreground, there are two girls...'
'in the background, there are two boys...'

Yes, definitely. What the kids strictly must not do is simply point at the picture with their finger!

[ridcully]

soyabean:

Everyone enjoyed themselves at the party.

The indefinite pronoun 'everyone' always takes a singular verb; therefore, we should write:

[1] Everyone enjoyed himself at the party.

However, some people feel that the universal masculine is discriminatory; thus, we should write:

[2] Everyone enjoyed him- or herself at the party.

However, some people feel that using 'himself' and 'herself' together is too awkward; consequently, they write:

[3]Everyone enjoyed themselves at the party.

For informal, spoken English, option [3] is perfectly acceptable. For formal, written English, that is PSLE, I would go for [1] or [2].

Rgds
R

[soyabean]

Thanks Ridcully..I feel the same too..


However i know that they must not say at the bottom right-hand corner, top left-hand corner etcetc...

So is in the foreground,in the background 'banned' also...?

ridcully:

soyabean:

Is it alright for school teachers if our kids, when describing the scene in the picture, use phrases like

'in the foreground, there are two girls...'
'in the background, there are two boys...'

Yes, definitely. What the kids strictly must not do is simply point at the picture with their finger!