[Grammar] I along with my parents, are going to the beach.

[kite]

Dear teachers,
"He along with his parents, are going to see the girl he was proposed to."
Would you please check the erros in the above sentence? Today I had a question at the exam saying to correct the errors.
My answer was "He along with his parents, are going to see the girl he proposed to."

Thanks.

 

[Rover_KE]

The grammatical version, though an unnatural one, would be

'He, along with his parents, is going to see....'

A more natural sentence would be

'He and his parents are going to see....'

The sentence you quoted has nothing to with your thread title.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Dear teachers,
"He along with his parents, are going to see the girl he was proposed to."
Would you please check the erros in the above sentence? Today I had a question at the exam saying to correct the errors.
My answer was "He along with his parents, are going to see the girl he proposed to."

Thanks.

I agree with Rover. Adding "along with his parents" does not make the subject plural.

 

[kite]

Then I am wrong.
"He along with his parents, is going to see the girl he was proposed to."
Could you please tell me if there is any error in the above sentence?

Thanks.

 

[emsr2d2]

Then I am wrong.
"He along with his parents, is going to see the girl he was proposed to."
Could you please tell me if there is any error in the above sentence?

Thanks.

There should be a comma after "He" and it's "he has proposed to" or simply "he proposed to".

 

[bhaisahab]

There should be a comma after "He" and it's "he has proposed to" or simply "he proposed to".

It's quite likely in India that he was proposed by his parents to the girl's parents.

 

[emsr2d2]

It's quite likely in India that he was proposed by his parents to the girl's parents.

Fair enough. I understand the concept but wasn't aware that that was how it was worded.

So would "I am going to visit the man I was proposed to" be correct?

 

[kite]

"He, along with his parents is going to see the girl he was proposed to."

I also think that "he was proposed to" is wrong so I rewrote it as "he proposed to" at the exam.

 

[emsr2d2]

"He, along with his parents is going to see the girl he was proposed to."

I also think that "he was proposed to" is wrong so I rewrote it as "he proposed to" at the exam.

I think it would be very unfair if they marked your correction as an error. In most variants of English "He was proposed to" is not standard. However, you are in India and I think bhai was suggesting that in your culture it's possible that it was correct. You are the person most qualified to answer that question though! There certainly needs to be a comma after "parents" to match the one after "He".

 

[kite]

"He, along with his parents, is going to see the girl he was proposed to."

Yes, it might be okay in our country and I do certainly not know that. I never have seen "he was proposed to" in English context so I too thought that it was wrong. Anyway! It's clear now. And I am then sure that my answer would have been marked as wrong.

Thanks Emsr.

 

[aachu]

Not a teacher. Also, not in any position to explain something after teachers have, but since I faced similar problem some time back and that the topic starter and I come from similar backgrounds, I think I understand what he wants to know.

I think the topic starter wants to learn the rule concerning the use of additive phrases. The rule, as I have learnt is: the additive phrases, for example, along with, in addition to, as well as, accompanied by, togther with, including etc., don't change the number(singular/plural) of the subject.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Not a teacher. Also, not in any position to explain something after teachers have, but since I faced similar problem some time back and that the topic starter and I come from similar backgrounds, I think I understand what he wants to know.

I think the topic starter wants to learn the rule concerning the use of additive phrases. The rule, as I have learnt is: the additive phrases, for example, along with, in addition to, as well as, accompanied by, together with, including etc., don't change the number(singular/plural) of the subject.

I agree with your rule.