Is family members singular or plural?
The plural form of family member is family members.
Do your family or does your family?
A family may have many people but the word ‘family’ is singular. So, as is the case every time a question of the do-form is asked, it’s ‘Does’ before a singular subject and ‘Do’ before a plural subject.
What should I use with my has or have?
The verb have must follow a plural noun phrase. The verb (has/have) applies to the subject. In this case, “My” is not the subject, but instead “My first article” or “My dream”. Both of those are singular, so you would use “has”.
How do you say there are 5 members in my family?
You could combine both sentences into one by saying “There are five people in my family: my mother, father, brother, sister, and me.” Or you could simply say “My mother, father, brother, sister, and I are my family.”
Are family members correct?
Both are correct and acceptable. But family members is preferable, and it is the modern trend to use phrases like faculty members, club members, team members etc.
Is my family plural?
Family: Singular or Plural? In American English, “family” will almost always be used with a singular verb. In British English, it may be used with a singular or a plural verb depending on whether the speaker feels that “family” is being described as a unit or as a group of individuals.
Is it family do or family?
In American English, “family” will almost always be used with a singular verb. In British English, it may be used with a singular or a plural verb depending on whether the speaker feels that “family” is being described as a unit or as a group of individuals. Her family owns a restaurant.
Do your parents or does?
Because her parents is plural the auxiliary verb DO must agree with the plural noun phrase, so we need do and not does. The auxiliary verb DO is the first verb in the sentence.
Has or have example?
In the first example, has is used with the third person ‘it’ while have is used with the second person ‘we’….Comparison Chart.
Basis for Comparison | Has | Have |
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Examples | Akira has submitted the college project today. | I have to submit the project by tomorrow, any how. |
Has or have plural?
The short answer when comparing has vs. have is that has is used with the third person singular. Have is used with the first and second person singular and plural and the third person plural.
Do you include yourself when counting family members?
It should be obvious to everyone that the person answering the question about his family would include himself in the total count.
Is it correct to say all of my family members?
All my family members is correct. Every member of my family would also be correct, in place of “all the members of my family’s.” Note : “of my” is a possessive already, no need to add the saxon genitive “ ‘s “ after family, that’s redundant and grammatically incorrect anyway.
What is the meaning of “family members”?
It means the penises of a family. First, a family is a non-living entity. Second, it is wrong and the correct usage is, “family members”. Third, “family members” already means “members belinging to one family” just as “classmates” means “fellows of the same class”.
Is it “my family has or my family have”?
The simple answer is that it is “my family has” in American English and “my family have” in British English. But sometimes even in American English you might want to use a noun like “family” but indicate that you are talking about the group as a collection of individuals, so you would use a plural verb.
How do you use the word family in a sentence?
A person has only one family. However, there are many families of different people each. Here, we will either use, “All my family members” or “All the members of my family”. We do not use, “family’s members” because it means entirely something else. It means the penises of a family. First, a family is a non-living entity.