Timeline for My family ( is / are ) all doctors
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| Jun 6, 2016 at 21:37 | comment | added | keitereth24 | @George Unfortunately, yes. English is very inconsistent, as Rathony mentioned in their answer. A better way to put it (to get rid of the confusion) is "Everyone in my family is a doctor" or "All the people in my family are doctors". | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 21:35 | comment | added | George | Thank you! I was confused because of "all" and "doctors" in the sentence. So, both singular and plural versions of the sentence are commonly used in AE? | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 16:58 | history | answered | keitereth24 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |