Be Careful with Your Plurals

rogersgeorge on August 10th, 2019

If you have more than one, you have a plural, even if you have more than one of the same thing. Middle panel:

https://www.comicskingdom.com/arctic-circle/2019-06-09

You can change this by changing the subject to “each.” So “…would you want to find each of them an good home?” Now “them” is the object of the the preposition and “each” is a nice singular to go with “a good home.

So be careful!

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