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Writing about the prosecution of Owen Lattimore and John Paton

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Writing about the prosecution of Owen Lattimore and John Paton [#permalink] New post   10 Jan 2012, 22:07
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Can anyone agree with they? i think anyone refers to singular subject....But the OA is A
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Re: Writing about the prosecution of Owen Lattimore and John Paton [#permalink] New post   11 Jan 2012, 03:58
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Can anyone agree with they? i think anyone refers to singular subject....But the OA is A


I think the subject is "Owen and John" which is plural ( due to and)
so they is correct
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Re: Writing about the prosecution of Owen Lattimore and John Paton [#permalink] New post   11 Jan 2012, 04:34
anyone(when used together) refers to any person but not to particular individuals.
Any one(two words) refers to specific but unidentified things or individuals.
Here anyone(together) is used and it refers to Lattimore and Davies hence they is the correct usage.
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Re: Writing about the prosecution of Owen Lattimore and John Paton [#permalink] New post   11 Jan 2012, 10:53
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anyone(when used together) refers to any person but not to particular individuals.
Any one(two words) refers to specific but unidentified things or individuals.
Here anyone(together) is used and it refers to Lattimore and Davies hence they is the correct usage.

can you please explain a bit more with the source of the logic.
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Re: Writing about the prosecution of Owen Lattimore and John Paton [#permalink] New post   12 Jan 2012, 00:54
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they refers to guys not to some uknown person
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Re: Writing about the prosecution of Owen Lattimore and John Paton [#permalink] New post   13 Jan 2012, 07:07
anyone refers to both the persons ..it is plural.
A-->correct subject verb agreement .
B-->anyone and he do not agree in subject.
C-->anyone and one do not agree in number .

A is correct .
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Re: Writing about the prosecution of Owen Lattimore and John Paton [#permalink] New post   14 Jul 2012, 04:46
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B and D is eliminated as is not possible for Harry Truman to be indicted.
C - they are not the one - is an incorrect phrase in itself, as "they" and "one" do not agree in number.
E is eliminated as it violated the rule of "Concision" - should is used twice, where it could be used just once.
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Re: Writing about the prosecution of Owen Lattimore and John Paton [#permalink] New post   14 Jul 2012, 05:12
Agree with A. They refers to two people.

While posting a question don't post the OA, put it as a spoiler. So, people get a chance to work their minds ;)
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