word choice - Do I have ‘a family of five’ or ‘a family of six ...
Aug 15, 2022 · If I am in a family of six people, not including the speaker would suggest that I have a family of five, my wife and I have a family of four, while the children have a family of two. I find this unintuitive - all of them have the exact same family, which includes themselves. Not including the speaker makes the notion of family oddly variable.
My family have 4 people / There are 4 people in my family
Nov 4, 2019 · No, we should only say "has", because this tells us what the family unit consists of, and that unit is singular, not plural. In a different context, "family" can sometimes be treated as a collective plural (for example "My family have been to Portugal several times", but even then I'd expect the singular to be more usual).
"I have 4 people in my family" vs "I have 5 people in my family"
Jan 4, 2016 · I have four people in my family. There are five people in my family. I have excludes the person doing the having. This may be a convention, but it can be rationalised by considering that one does not have oneself: one can only have something else. There are is an "external" count and so will include everyone.
My family consists of four members vs I have four members in my …
Aug 24, 2011 · I'm wondering which sentence sound more native in America, when describing your family. Both can be correct but have different use, ie colloquial vs. formal but I want to know which one sounds more native. 1) My family consists of four members: my mother, two sisters and myself. OR 2) I have four people in my family: my mom, two sisters and myself.
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Mar 23, 2011 · Therefore, he suggests four alternatives. Applying them to your case would produce My mother, my father, and my brother constitute my family. My mother, my father, and my brother compose my family. My family consists of my mother, my father, and my brother. That raises the question of why you are not a member of your own family.
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Aug 14, 2022 · I might say "There are four in my teacher's family", or There are four people in my teacher's family. I wouldn't say 'of them'. If I wasn't talking about the whole family, but only part of it, I might say "There are four children in my teacher's family" for instance. Is …
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Aug 24, 2014 · 1 There are four of us in my family 2 We are four in the family<<(I'm thinking this is grammar incorrect) 3 There are four people in my family. 4 There are four of us in my family. I removed the three versions that are slightly ambiguous. The rest seem fine to me, but #2 - We are four in our family.
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May 8, 2008 · I have a small family - I understand this to be referring to your children. I have no family = I have no children. I have a small family, two girls and a boy. Bill has a large family, he has seven children. I come from a large family, I have six brothers and five sisters. The meaning of "family" depends entirely on context.
They are my father, my mother, my sister and I/me.
Feb 3, 2013 · "There are four people in my family. They are my father, my mother, my sister and I/me." (Both are heard) but My father, my mother, my sister and me are the four members of my family. My father, my mother, my sister and I are the four members of my family. (I'll see if anyone argues before continuing!)
I/me: In my family are four people: my father, my mother, my …
May 3, 2017 · Hello! I still need your help, please. "In my family there are four people: my father, my mother, my brother amd me/I". What had I better say? I or me? "Me" sounds natural to me, but I think that "I" is correct, too! Maybe "me" is more informal! What do …