vivekdhawan wrote:
thanx pqhai
for the nice explanation..,
however , had the sentence been
Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needlepointers, piano players, and indeed anyone who works with HIS hands for long hours can get carpal tunnel syndrome.
would it be wrong or correct?, as WORKS just modifies ANYONE..., whereas the verb for the subject of main clause ... i.e. X,Y,..AND ,Z ...is CAN GET...which is already plural ...,
hope i make sense....
thanks...
for the nice explanation..,
however , had the sentence been
Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needlepointers, piano players, and indeed anyone who works with HIS hands for long hours can get carpal tunnel syndrome.
would it be wrong or correct?, as WORKS just modifies ANYONE..., whereas the verb for the subject of main clause ... i.e. X,Y,..AND ,Z ...is CAN GET...which is already plural ...,
hope i make sense....
thanks...
Hi vivek
I double checked whether "any people" is singular or plural. The answer is plural. So E is correct because "any people who work" has correct S-V agreement.
However, you have a very good question. Yes, anyone is singular --> "works" just modifies "anyone" should be fine? Answer is NO. Because we must use plural noun after "and indeed". "any people" is a generalization of carpenters, dentists, etc.....
Let think the sentence in this way:
Any people such as carpenters, dentists, etc... who work......................
==> Clearly, [carpenters, dentists,...] is sub-group of "any people". Thus, only plural noun makes sense.
Hope it's clear now.
Best.