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Originally Posted by matilda  Hello all
There is a bad struggle between two of the teachers I know, each insisting on his own idea. They wanted me ask their question and inform them.
One of them says: it is incorrect to say (most of the people are
) or (some of the people are
). He says we have to say (most people are
) or (some people are
) and the other one insists on using both forms and believes that we can use both and using the first examples makes no problem. What do you think?
Who is right?
Regards
Matilda |
'The other one' is correct
.
Tell the first one to look up the well-known English proverb "You can please some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time." Most people would agree that it's true
.