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  1. When to use "lives" as a plural of life? - English Language & Usage ...

    Aug 5, 2012 · I am confused when talking about a general idea using "our life" when sometimes I feel like using "our lives". Please tell me the correct answer with appropriate explanation.

  2. Which one is correct-"life" or "lives"? - English Language & Usage ...

    A plural subject requires a plural object (lives), accordingly a singular subject requires a singular object (life). They can be used to mean one person or several people, however. So, if your …

  3. grammatical number - Is it "everyone's life" or "everyone's lives ...

    Nov 28, 2013 · Closed 7 years ago. Which is correct: "everyone's life" or "everyone's lives"? I know that when the pronoun everyone is used as a subject, it takes singular verb agreement …

  4. grammatical number - "Many lost their life" or "Many lost their …

    Feb 14, 2011 · Many individuals lost their individual life. or Many individuals list their individual lives. Each person has one life right?

  5. grammatical number - The plural form of: One's life work - English ...

    Mar 14, 2015 · Searching Google Books for their lives' work but screens out most of the "false positives". But it only claims about 308 hits, compared to about 10,100 for their life's work but …

  6. "Who lives there?" vs "Who live there?" - English Language

    Jun 19, 2018 · For instance: "Who lives there?" - This sentence is asking about the entire group (of residents of the residence) as a collective unit. Hence, the verb "to live" adopts the third …

  7. I am so confused by, for example, "People love their life or lives."

    Mar 15, 2013 · For sentence one: Look at it like this, 'He loves his life' and 'She loves her life' are obviously correct. Now, when we we say 'People love their _ .', we can mean two things: They …

  8. Using Life or Lives - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    I searched on Google for "Personal and Professional Life" versus "Personal and Professional Lives" and the result for each is around 500,000 results. I want to know if the following …

  9. What is the proper way to say possesive with "person X" and self?

    Possible Duplicate: My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner I've never known what the proper way to use a sentence in which you and a specific person (as in you can't just say "our" …

  10. grammar - “other’s lives” vs. “others’ lives” - English Language ...

    Oct 13, 2015 · I'm not sure which of the following is correct: having an impact on other’s lives having an impact on others’ lives I just can’t figure out how the apostrophe should be used.