One is not necessarily correct over the others... - member's area = an area of a member, belonging to a member - members' area = an area of members, belonging to more than one member - members area = an area for members That is exactly the problem I have been having so far.
He is family which means he is a family member， right？ In this case，is “family” an adjective？ I looked up the dictionary， found “family” as an adjective. Thank you so much！ Yes, you’ve hit the nail on the head! In this case, ‘family’ is indeed an adjective (only colloquially), describing him ‘as being a family member’.
This is true, although I do not think it is a quite as common yet as some other gender-neutral titles: chair person, sales person. I personally think that congressmember sounds clunky, especially when representative and senator already exist. Member (s) of Congress, on the other hand, sounds rather natural to me, but not as a title of address.
1) Do you belong to HR unit? 2) Do you work at HR unit? 3) Are you a member of HR unit? If I ask a colleague in my company about what unit is he or she working at, are these phrases all correct? If so, which is best and most polite? Thank you!
I often see people use the word 'faculty' to refer to a faculty member. I have seen this used by Americans also. Are 'faculty' and 'faculty member' both mean the same?
Hello, my dear word nerd fellows! I have a question to ask you guys: What's the most common term to refer to someone whom one works with at a lab, say, having the same capacity instead of working as one's assistant? Is it a "labmate", or simply a "lab partner"? Thanks in advance for your help!
"A team member" is clearly singular, but "we" is clearly plural - unless the speaker is Queen Victoria - and the contrast is jarring. In practice, I prefer 3 and 4. 3 emphasizes the collective nature of the team's behavior; 4 emphasizes each individual member's responsibility. It is the writer's choice which is more appropriate to the context.
What's the difference between "to be a part of something" and "to be part of something" or are they both correct and interchangeable? For example, would...
Collecting phrases like a number of or a pair of can make it hard to choose between is and are. Which verb do you use when you’re talking about a number of people? On one hand, number is singular, which calls for is. But people is plural, which calls for are. Typically, it’s best to use are with a number of. Correct A number of people are concerned about the lack of progress. Incorrect A ...
