<p>Each of the authors who was honoured...........
Each of the authors that were honoured..........
Are the above phrases both correct?</p>
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<li><p>It has been thought for many years that three-fourths of the planet Earth was covered in water, but in recent years, some experts have begun to suspect that it might be even more than that. No error.</p></li>
<li><p>Behind the stage were the props, dressing rooms, rack of costumes, and a place for all of the actors and actresses to relax and rest between acts. No error.</p></li>
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<p>3.The group of skaters whichwas practicing daily in the hopes of qualifying for the Olympics wasfound to be skipping school on a regular basis in order to fit in more hours out on the rink. No error.</p>
<p>I dont know why many threads are left empty. Is it because the questions are too easy? What should a person who is self studying and has no tutor at all do?</p>
<p>My reading of the your first question is possibly incorrect since the sentence is incomplete. That said, for your first question, note that while “each” is singular, the object of the preposition “of” is the restrictive phrase “authors who were honored”, and the “were” applies to authors and not to each. So “was” is incorrect. For the second choice “that” is incorrect usage since the authors are people. Both phrases are therefore incorrect.</p>
<p>While as noted by piratebay (2) is not strictly parallel, and therefore “a place” should strictly speaking be replaced by “places”, perhaps the problem is that of a poor choice of words. Try “space” instead of "a place. Or accept the sentence as is. My sense is that this is much to subtle an error to take seriously.</p>
<p>For (3) “group” is clearly a group, and who/whom is not used to reference a group. We use that and which. That is required when we must identify a very specific group (i.e. “restrictive”), and which is used when we choose to add some descriptive non-essential information regarding the group. In your sentence my sense is that the clause … was practicing daily etc. … is meant to be restrictive. Therefore the correct pronoun is “that.”</p>
<p>There is no unanimity between the book and the two users.
First i will give the answers according to the book:
Each of the authors who was honoured… is correct according to the book?
Its pretty confusing.</p>
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<li>e</li>
<li>b (the book claims stage is subject)</li>
<li>a</li>
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<p>Question 2: “The stage” cannot be subject. The sentence is a structure of inversion. so many things after “the stage” are the true subject. “behind the stage” is object. </p>