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  2. student — singular noun: "The student did well on the exam." students — plural noun: "The students did well on their exams." student's — singular possessive adjective: "The student's performance was excellent." students' — plural possessive adjective: "The students' exam scores were all fantastic!" Adding the apostrophe s to a noun ...

  3. the student/students - WordReference Forums

    forum.wordreference.com/threads/the-student-students.3749096

    Uncle Jack said: You can use "the student" to refer to a archetypal or representative example of a student. It does not quite mean "all students". Much the same idea can be expressed by using "students" (plural) with no article, and this is more common in ordinary English, referring to students in general. So if "the student" means "students ...

  4. phrase choice - "Us Students" Or "We Students" - English Language...

    ell.stackexchange.com/questions/227764/us-students-or-we-students

    3. "We students" is correct. The students are the subject of the verb, so you should use the subject form of the pronoun. If the students were the object of the verb, you would use "us". For example, "The teacher yelled at us students who had not studied." If you generally have a "feel" for pronouns: Use the same pronoun that you would use if ...

  5. subject verb agreement - "It were students ...' or 'It was...

    ell.stackexchange.com/questions/79413/it-were-students-or-it-was-students

    Note that if you put "If" in front of the sentence, the correct answer to this question changes: "If it were the students..." and "It was the students..." are both correct. Common usage has pretty much made "If it was the students..." also accepted by pretty much everyone, but if you want to get as precise as possible, "were" is more correct ...

  6. Question: If I'm pursuing studies at/in the XYZ department, what is the correct preposition for the following sentence? I'm a student [at / in / from / of] the XYZ department There are related

  7. prepositions - Is it a student 'in' or 'of' your class? - English...

    ell.stackexchange.com/questions/259735/is-it-a-student-in-or-of-your-class

    If you are taking a class, then either in or from is appropriate: I am a student in your Ethics and Metaphysics class. I am a student from the Tuesday/Thursday section of your PHIL203 class. In is probably more common. To answer a question in the comments, you are never a "student on " a class. You can be a "student on an exchange program" or a ...

  8. students' vs student's - WordReference Forums

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    She has developed skills in identifying problems from constantly analyzing student’s/students' language use. Hi, what is the factor in this sentence that determines the plurality if she has taught numerous students for a long period but taught one student at a time?

  9. Student Names or Student's Names or Student's Name

    ell.stackexchange.com/questions/117432/student-names-or-students-names-or...

    For a list, use "Student Names" or "Students' Names". Remember that nouns can function as adjectives in English. If you want to show group possession, you put an apostrophe after the "s".

  10. singular vs plural - Which is correct - "all the people are...

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    a. All the people are students here. b. All the people are a student here. c. All the people are student here. Some one told me "a" and "b" are correct. I believed just "a" is correct. While searching more about it, I came across bare nouns. Now I guess "a" and "c" are possible answers. So would you please help me?

  11. student's name vs. students' name | WordReference Forums

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    Jan 19, 2013. #3. Agreed. 'A' is correct, to my mind. In this phrase, students is plural and grammatically, the possessive 's' is attached to this word alone. (I can see how one could make a case for 'B', but grammatically it implies the subject is 'one of the student' - singular - which is of course incorrect.)