[etni] Family sing/plural
- From: Fruma Cohen <fruma2000@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: English teachers Network of Israel <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:25:58 +0000
Sorry, I really must disagree with Marlene about family, meaning relatives,
being plural. The word relatives is plural as is cousins, but the word family
is always in the singular. My cousins live in Canada , my family lives in
Canada. Would you say, My family is in Canada.? Yes. But would you say , My
family are in Canada.? No. But of course you would say My cousins are in
Canada or my relatives are in Canada.
It's amazing what we have time for during this strike!
BTW, today we have officially (it was in the newspapers) become the longest
education strike in the history of the country. Are we supposed to be proud or
excited that the government cares so little about its future??? Fruma
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