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This tag is for questions about the coordination of words or phrases. Coordinated elements are typically connected by the "FANBOYS" conjunctions ("and", "but", etc.), correlative conjunctions ("not only . . . but also", "either . . . or", etc.), or commas (in a list, for example).
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Is it "I" or "me" in "Keep Tom and I/me updated"?
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For many speakers of today's standard English, the grammar rules for when stuff are in coordination are not always the same as the rules for stuff that are not in coordination. … For a clear cut example where a speaker of today's standard English would not treat a coordination similar to a non-coordination, there's the example in the 2002 reference grammar by Huddleston and Pullum …
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"Nobody but he/him was present"?
Nobody but him was present.
Nobody but he was present.
Which usage is correct?
This question comes up a lot. In short, the answer is that in general both versions are acceptable. Though for some …
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"They have *both* got ..." or "They *both* have got ..."
There are two main uses for the word "both":
One: a marker of coordination -- This is usually taught in a formal lesson. … Or the word "both" could be considered to be a marker of coordination, where the two coordinates are "lively" and "confident". …
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"is" vs. "are" and when to use them
CGEL, page 508:
And-coordination of clauses
Subjects with the form of an and-coordination of clauses generally take singular verbs:
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i. … , in that the coordination can sometimes be functioning more similar to a coordination of NPs than of finite clauses. …
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The indefinite article applied to a group of things
As seen in version #1: a coordination of nouns can sometimes combine with a singular determiner (e.g. "a") when there is a close association between the coordinates. … For more related info, there's the 2002 reference grammar by Huddleston and Pullum et al., The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (CGEL), section "Number constraints on coordination of nouns", pages …
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