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  1. apostrophe - Individual's or individuals' - English Language & Usage ...

    Dec 3, 2020 · 2 Individuals' if you are referring to patients in general - or you could say an individual's.

  2. grammar - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jun 6, 2023 · What's the grammatical class of "we" when referring to a group in its entirety versus when referring to each individual member of the group. For example, if I said to my girlfriend: …

  3. What's the difference between each and individual?

    Jun 15, 2020 · Individual animals take on specialized roles to ensure the entire group is fed. Each animals take on specialized roles to ensure the entire group is fed. Is there any meaning difference …

  4. What do you call the individual sections of a subway train?

    Jul 23, 2017 · What's the common name? Wagon? Passenger car? Example sentence: I sat two wagons from Tom to spy him.

  5. single word requests - Legal name for "individual" vs. "company ...

    7 I'm creating an online service and I want both individuals and companies to use it. In the registration form, I want to ask the user: Are you an individual or a company? Are these terms correct to refer to …

  6. Do you pluralize the singular possessions of / items or people ...

    Dec 11, 2014 · Do you pluralize the singular possessions of / items or people associated with individual members of a plural group? Ask Question Asked 11 years, 1 month ago Modified 1 year, 11 months …

  7. any every - Any individual or any individuals? - English Language ...

    Apr 16, 2013 · The Newyorker reports: “Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice,” Obama said. What is correct? 'Any responsible individual' or 'Any responsible

  8. pronouns - Is it correct to use "their" when referring to a single ...

    Mar 21, 2019 · Even people who use singular they generally do not extend it to eclipse all singular pronouns like this. There was a recent question where someone mentioned their (!) eight-year-old …

  9. meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Feb 1, 2015 · Is there a word for a name/term that has multiple words that means other than what the individual words imply? Ask Question Asked 11 years ago Modified 2 years, 6 months ago

  10. Has the word individual 'outcompeted' that of person historically?

    Dec 2, 2021 · Consider that originally individual indicated separateness and indivisibility which was intimately close to the era of flourishing individualism so that these properties have been projected …