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Grammar and Linguistics > Grammatically correct?
Grammatically correct?
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tech_teacher
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Grammatically correct?
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Please assist me with this... Is this sentence correct: ... special
thanks to our clerical staff who meets and greets our parents and visitors
everyday. Thanks |
6 May 2013
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ueslteacher
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ah, it �s tricky with collective nouns... however, I doubt you mean staff here as one unit, you would rather use staff here as individuals, right? Then it should be ...staff who meet and greet... Sophia |
6 May 2013
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yanogator
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Also, you want the adverbial phrase "every day" rather than the adjective "everyday", which means "ordinary, not special". Bruce |
6 May 2013
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Apodo
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If there is only one person doing clerical work then you could say:
Special thanks to our clerical staff member who meets and greets our parents and visitors every day.
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Special thanks to our clerical assistant who meets and greets our parents and visitors every day. |
7 May 2013
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Zora
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The sentence is correct. AND other options stated are also correct. 
The word staff is like �family � or �band � and could be plural or singular depending on where you come from or how you see things. I believe in British English, they consider collective nouns as single entities while �other Englishes � see them as plural or singular depending on how they are used.
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7 May 2013
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