The mangoes taste sour - The mangoes are sour when they are tasted.

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Azhar Hussain Memon

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4. Use any five of the following pairs of words in your own sentences so as to bring out their meaning:

i) allusion, illusion, ii) ardour, order, iii)conquer, concur, iv)Cite, site, vi) addict, edict, vi) proceed, precede, vii) right, rite, viii) Weather, wether.

5. Fill in the blanks:

1) Much Ado about nothing.
ii) patriotism is the last refuge of the Scoundrel.
iii) To put the cart before the horse
iv) birds of the same feather flock-together.
v) A stitch in time saves nine
vi) barking Dog seldom bites
vii) Sweet are the uses of adversity
viii) Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty
ix) A __________ child _______ the fire.
x) One man’s meat is another man’s poison



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i) Where was a very different atmosphere in the town this morning than there was yesterday.

- There was a very different atmosphere in the town this morning than that of yesterday.


ii) Every one must decide for themselves what to do about it.

- Everyone must decide for himself what to do about it.


iii) I shouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t turn up tomorrow.
- I shall not be surprised if he does not turn up tomorrow.


iv) Neither Farooq or Akbar are going to the wedding lunch on Saturday.
- Neither Farooq nor Akbar is going to the wedding lunch on Saturday.


v) I compared his essay to Mushtaq’s and found them to be almost identical.
- I compared his essay with Mushtaq's and found both of them almost identical.

Seniors Please check my corrected sentences.

ii) Every one must decide for themselves what to do about it.

- Everyone must decide for himself what to do about it.


i think this statement is correct because with everyone we can use themselves as the gender is not specified..plz advice!

ii) Every one must decide for themselves what to do about it.

- Everyone must decide for himself what to do about it.



Correct: Everyone must decide oneself what to do about it.

Everyone is always accompnaied by singular verb/reflexive pronoun. etc.
The correct version is:

Everyone must decide for himself what to do about it.

Here is some related food for thought:

Everybody Uses Indefinite Pronouns
By petrocomputing
We have a question from the Peanut Gallery today:

“Is everybody singular or plural?”

To answer, I will launch into a lesson on a certain group of compound indefinite pronouns that includes:

Anybody, anyone, anything

Everybody, everyone, everything

Nobody, no one (Note: two words!), nothing

Somebody, someone, something

First of all, the –body and –one pairs of words mean the same thing and can be used interchangeably.

Knock, Knock. Is anybody home? Yoo-hoo! Is anyone home?

Nobody is home; no one at all.

Secondly, these compound words can be used as two separate words in certain circumstances. If you are purposefully being indefinite, use the single word. If you are singling out a particular element of a group, then use two words.

The AP Style Guide gives the following examples:

Indefinite: Anyone can do that.

Singling out: Any one of them can speak up. (Think: any single one)

Here’s another example:

Everyone had a good time at the party.

After the party, every one of us had to take a cab home. (Every single one.)

The third thing to remember about these compound indefinite pronouns is that they are singular. While “everybody” might sound like a lot of people, it is still a singular body and takes a singular verb. Also, as singular subjects, they do not take a plural referring pronoun.

Bad Examples:

Somebody has been shirking their duties.

Everybody who doesn’t do their work is in trouble.

To correct these sentences, you should use “his,” “her,” or “his or her” instead of “their.”

In English, it’s hard to assign a gendered pronoun to refer to an indefinite pronoun, because you’re basically fuzzy on the gender in the first place. I suppose you could use “one’s” instead of “his or her,” but it is grammatically correct (although not fully inclusive) to say:

Everybody should use his indefinite pronouns correctly.

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Best end of life is not knowledge but action.
Don't limit yourself to what you think people are expecting!

Let's not make complex what is simplest. We all know 'self' or 'selves' is denotes reflexive pronoun.

He = Himself
She= Herself
They= Themselves
You= Yourself/Yourselves
It= Itself

Similarly, where one is used as indefinite pronoun and especially where the gender is not specified, its reflexive case should be:

One= Oneself

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Verily, His command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says "Be!" - and it is! (Al-Quran)

can some one change its narration ..
I said, "You are a bad man."

I told him that he is/was a bad man.


In the above context:
is denotes the permanent trait of the person.
was denotes the temporary appearance/attitude of the person at an occasion.

Both should be correct.

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Verily, His command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says "Be!" - and it is! (Al-Quran)

Aoa Yes in modren usage it correct as after objections from feminists and liberals etc this linguistic change has become a routine. But here in Pakistan we are still using "Everybody must do his duty." whereas American and English speakers say "Everybody must do their duty." Once it was suggested to use "Everybody must do his/her duty." but again it was cumbersome for typists/writer/composers and plural pronoun instead has come to stay! Teachers of English must read and follow latest linguistic trends and books. Naeem Raza