Is it can you please or could you please?
If taken literally, “Can you” is equivalent to asking the person if they’re capable of doing something. “Could you”, on the other hand, implies that the action can be completed under some circumstances by the person. The usage of can you is idiomatic, and hence, is more popular used phrase of the two.
Is one of you Vs are one of you?
‘One of you ‘ is singular since it is to anyone of the person. One (singular) of you (plural, by inference). If used as the subject of a sentence, one would take the singular third-person verb form. For example, “One of you is right.”.
Where do we use none?
None is the pronoun form of no. None means ‘not one’ or ‘not any’. We use it as a pronoun to replace countable and uncountable nouns.
Was worked is correct?
Where the Progressive tense makes sense is if you asked “What were you doing when I called?” Then, “I was working.” makes sense and is distinct from the simple past. As is always the case, the context and wording make a huge difference in which tense is more “appropriate.”
Has been working or worked?
Both sentences mean the same thing: the action of working started at some specified point in the past and is still going on today. The only difference is that there is more emphasis on the duration of the action in the latter, where the present perfect continuous is used.
Is it one of my friend or friends?
“One of” is indicating a particular member out of a set with multiple members in it, so it’s correct to use the plural form: “One of my friends.” If you only have one friend total, then you can just say “Yesterday, I met my friend.”
Is one of them or are one of them?
“One of them” is a noun phrase referring to a single person. Therefore all its verbs are always singular. This is correct: One of them was you.
Which is correct None of us is or none of us are?
When you’re thinking about singulars and plurals, you often consider whether you have one or many of something, but the word “none” is tricky because it’s nothing—it’s not one or many of something. The truth is that ”none” can be singular or plural, but many people believe it can be only singular.
Has worked or worked?
“I worked” refers to the past. “I have worked” refers to the past, but the action is likely ongoing or has occurred up to the present moment. I worked in Japan for six years. = I am no longer working in Japan I have worked in Japan for six years.
Do you say all is or all are?
If a writer means “all of it,” she should use “is.” If she means “all of them,” she should go with “are.” So it depends on whether your contributor was thinking of the whole dish or the various things in it: “All [the soup] is returned to a simmer” or “All [the ingredients] are returned to a simmer.”